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Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets
Author(s) -
Brown Trevor L,
Potoski Matthew,
Van Slyke David M
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00590.x
Subject(s) - imperfect , equity (law) , work (physics) , business , public service , service (business) , public relations , public economics , industrial organization , economics , marketing , political science , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , engineering
The contracting of public services has been an integral part of public managers’ work for a long time, and it is here to stay. This essay sums up current research on the topic for busy practitioners and scholars. Where are we today with respect to the problems and pitfalls of contracting out, from balancing equity with efficiency to confronting the frequent problem of imperfect markets?