Risk management in local authorities: analysis of internal and external relationships and needs in Italy

In the last years, Public Administration needs changes its traditional characters following the forces that change the world like the technological development, Information Technologies, the Internet Of Things and other developments that influence markets and, in general, social life (Frederickson, 1996; Bannister, 2001; Page, 2005; Fernandez and Rainey, 2006; Feller et al., 2011). Among the various choices to be pursued there is the need to undertake risk management strategies (Hinna et al., 2018) and external professional cover an important role in this process’ choice (Petak, 1985).