Strengthening competitiveness of local public service providers in Germany
- This article discusses the challenges for providers of local public services to adapt to increasing marketization and competition in the public sector. Based on some empirical evidence from local government in Germany, the article describes different adaptive measures in the past and shows the legal restrictions to strengthening performance and particularly competitiveness. Furthermore, the article presents some findings from good practice cases of local service providers in Germany who have successfully exposed themselves to market mechanisms. Finally, the article discusses observed results of increased competitiveness in the local government sector, with special regard to quality, efficiency and public employment. The article concludes with describing necessary elements of a competitive regime for public services and with some general reflections about the role of competition in the public sector.
| Author details: | Christoph ReichardORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852306070079 |
| ISSN: | 0020-8523 |
| Title of parent work (English): | International review of administrative sciences : an international journal of comparative public administration |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| Place of publishing: | London |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2006/12/01 |
| Publication year: | 2006 |
| Release date: | 2020/04/16 |
| Tag: | competition; competitiveness; contractor/provider split; ensuring state; marketization; service provider strategies |
| Volume: | 72 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Number of pages: | 20 |
| First page: | 473 |
| Last Page: | 492 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
