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Efficiency in Third Sector Partnerships for Delivering Local Government Services: The role of economies of scale, scope and learning

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Third sector partnerships are under pressure to change in the light of the increasing cost pressures on local public services. The literature throws doubt on the level of economies of scale and suggests that more attention should be given to economies of scope and learning. The common conflation of economies of size with economies of scale has led policymakers to overemphasize larger scale providers and has distorted the strategies which third sector organizations have adopted, pushing them towards mergers and consortia based on scale.

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  • Tony Bovaird, 2014. "Efficiency in Third Sector Partnerships for Delivering Local Government Services: The role of economies of scale, scope and learning," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(8), pages 1067-1090, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:16:y:2014:i:8:p:1067-1090
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2014.930508
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    1. Ilse Schoeman & James Chakwizira, 2023. "Advancing a Performance Management Tool for Service Delivery in Local Government," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-29, January.
    2. Takeshi Miyazaki, 2021. "Economies of Scope and Local Government Expenditure: Evidence from Creation of Specially Authorized Cities in Japan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-22, March.
    3. Pérez-López, Gemma & Prior, Diego & Zafra-Gómez, José L., 2018. "Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 18-27.
    4. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2018. "“Does inter-municipal cooperation really reduce delivery costs? An empirical evaluation of the role of scale economies, transaction costs, and governance arrangements”," IREA Working Papers 201816, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2018.

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