Government and business relations are often captured in grand terms and a monolithic manner. The relationship between the two sectors is described through economic and political philosophies that are often adversarial and detached from the day to running of government and business. While such descriptions and theoretical underpinnings serve an important role, they do little to address the challenges and realities that affect these relationships from the perspective of everyday public management.
This book will present advice and solutions for fruitful government-business alliances. Each chapter will discuss a traditional tool of government presented in a more practical and applied manner. While the tentative table of contents will not look much different from a typical book on government-business relations, the content of each chapter will be substantially different. Each chapter will discuss the implementation of these tools with clear examples and cases rather than the theoretical potential for each of these tools.
Creative Government-Business Alliances will include several content-rich case studies on a wide range of policy issues, including regulatory policy, natural resources, manufacturing, financial services, and health care.
