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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.
TitleGovernment enterprise and organizational efficiency / by Ronald Hirshhorn.
Series title
  • Discussion paper ; no. 334
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
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.
Descriptionix, 73 p.
Catalogue number
  • EC22-3/1987-334E-PDF
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