Contracting Capacity and Perceived Contracting Performance: Nonlinear Effects and the Role of Time

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Title:	Contracting Capacity and Perceived Contracting Performance: Nonlinear Effects and the Role of Time
Authors:	Kaifeng Yang Jun Yi Hsieh Tzung Shiun Li 謝俊義李宗勳
Contributors:	臺北市立教育大學社會暨公共事務學系
Date:	2008
Issue Date:	2009-07-20 14:36:46 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	Contracting out has become a popular strategy in public service delivery, but it remains uncertain whether and how government can ensure contracting performance. As a result, a growing literature emphasizes the importance of governments' contracting capacities. Yet very few studies have empirically assessed how contracting capacities relate to contracting performance. This article identifies four types of contracting capacities in terms of agenda setting, contract formulation, contract implementation, and contract evaluation, relating them to three performance dimensions including cost, efficiency, and quality. Drawing from a manager survey from Taiwan, the article shows that the relationships between the capacities and the performance indicators are not always straightforward or linear, and the relationships are complicated by the role of time. The results suggest that contracting capacities have both benefits and costs, and the solutions rooted in the economics theory should not be taken beyond their appropriate boundaries.
Relation:	Public Administration Review, V69 (4), p.681 - 696
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Social and Public Affairs] Periodical Articles

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