Symposium
Exporting Government Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11962071 |
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| Authors | RFI Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 64-66 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1996.tb02559.x |
| OpenAlex | W1967455887 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
To explore the prospects for exporting government services, guest symposium editor RFI Smith invites three agencies to comment on their experience. This overview stresses the need to specify carefully costs and benefits in taking operations offshore — both in strict financial terms and in dealing with perception and accountability issues. The prospects for exporting public sector skills and services are at the same time tantalising and frustrating. After initial enthusiasm in the 1970s and 1980s, the management of export programs has turned out to be complex, demanding and not without controversy. Such programs have challenged their proponents to be at once sophisticated in business management, rigorous and transparent in public accountability, and sensitive to the capabilities and ambitions of private sector providers of similar services. Further, after approximately 10 to 20 years of experience in different Australian jurisdictions, aims, methods and estimates of results remain diverse
Accountability · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Enthusiasm · Financial services · Government (linguistics · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Public sector · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Law · Public Administration · Finance
| Highly cited | No |
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