La burocrazia nella ricerca pubblica
Parte I  Una Rassegna dei Principali Studi
[The Bureaucracy in the Public Research.
A survey of the modern case studies, part one.]

Mario Coccia
Ceris-Cnr, Italia e Max-Planck Institute of Economics, Germania
Alessandro Gobbino
Ceris-Cnr, Italia
Ceris-Cnr
Via Real Collegio, 30
10024 Moncalieri (To) – Italy
Tel.: +39.011.6824.925;  Fax: +39.011.6824.966
email: m.coccia@ceris.cnr.it
           agobbino@tiscalinet.it

  

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the main studies carried out on the Bureaucracy in public research institutions. The first part of the paper describes the classical theory concerning the Bureaucracy developed by Weber, Merton et al. The second part of the research focuses the studies on the bureaucracy carried out on public research institutions in United States of America and Norway. Some concluding remarks complete the research.

Keywords: Bureaucracy, Red-tape, Bureaucratization, Universities, Organizational Rules, Bureaucratic Personality, Public research laboratories 

JEL Codes: B2, C6, D00, O3