Contract management of municipal public services: the Slovak experience

Abstract Contracting out services in the public sector should convey efficiency gains compared to the in-house delivery of these services because of the competition element. However, results from practice do not confirm this assumption. Generalising the reasons for this situation is still problemati...

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Main Authors: Beáta Mikušová Meričková, Juraj Nemec, Nikoleta Jakuš Muthová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2024-01-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02549-2