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Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (A)

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Abstract:
During his successful 1991 bid for the indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of publicly-provided services, he reflects, may not be the result of their being public but rather a reflection of the lack of competition over who will provide them. In that light, Goldsmith undertakes a bold experiment: to force city departments to bid against private providers. This case focuses on the first stages of the Goldsmith experiment, a time in which city public works crews must, for the first time, compete against private firms for a pothole repair contract. The case raises core questions as to how to structure public-private competitions to ensure that valid comparison will be possible, as well as how to determine the exact nature of public costs. In addition, it allows for discussion of more theoretical questions as to whether some functions must always be public, while others should be private and still others privately-provided but publicly-financed.

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Pages:	7	Exhibits:	No
Format:	PAPER	Type:	Case
Curriculum Division:	STM - Strategic Management of Public Organizations	Funding Source:
Date Published:	1/1/1995	Language:	English
Authors:	HOWARD HUSOCK LINDA KABOOLIAN
Sponsors:	LINDA KABOOLIAN

Main Topics:
Innovation, Public Administration, State & Provincial Government, Privatization

Other Topics:
Competition, Contracting, Mayors, Privatization, Procurement, Reinventing Government

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