Showing papers on "Service provider published in 1974"
01 Aug 1974
TL;DR: In this article, the authors document the rapid growth of the private service sector in the United States and compare and contrast the management tasks within a service-oriented environment with the public sector.
Abstract: This paper has three objectives. First, it documents the rapid growth of the private service sector in the United States. Second, it compares and contrasts the management tasks within a service ope...
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01 Mar 1974
TL;DR: The benefits that may be realized by a community from contracting instead of producing the service itself are lower costs of supply and an output level that better reflects the tastes and preferences of the community.
Abstract: lin both the economic and political science literature and in the operations of local governments, it has been recognized that provision of a public good or service to a community does not necessarily imply that the community should be the producing agent. The essential function of the political unit is to determine citizen demands and to collect the taxes to pay for the service. The elected officials may choose to contract with another governmental unit or private firm to supply the service to the community. The benefits that may be realized by a community from contracting instead of producing the service itself are lower costs of supply and an output level that better reflects the tastes and preferences of the community. The a priori rationale for these expectations is presented elsewhere (Ostrom et al., 1961; Warren, 1964; Tullock, 1970, 1969: 21; Bish, 1971: 53-58).
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