Government enterprise and organizational efficiency / by Ronald Hirshhorn.: EC22-3/1987-334E-PDF

"This paper is an inquiry into the conditions under which government enterprise is likely to represent an efficient organizational arrangement. The establishment of a public enterprise involves two decisions: to undertake public production rather than to contract with a private supplier; and to adopt a corporate rather than a departmental structure for public production. Each of these decisions is appropriate under particular circumstances as an examination of the response of private sector firms to analogous organizational problems indicates"--Summary, p. iii.

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Department/Agency Economic Council of Canada.
Title Government enterprise and organizational efficiency / by Ronald Hirshhorn.
Series title Discussion paper ; no. 334
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "August 1987."
Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate].
Includes bibliographic references.
Includes summary in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1987.
Author / Contributor Hirshhorn, Ronald.
Description ix, 73 p.
Catalogue number
  • EC22-3/1987-334E-PDF
Subject terms Public-private partnerships
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