The Values, Institutions, and Market Factors in the Make-or-Buy decisions of the United States Postal Service

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Main Author:	Nguyen, Hung Phu
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2008
Subjects:	Management Organization Theory Public Administration Postal Service Public Contracting Transaction Cost Economic
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228176136

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12281761362021-08-03T05:54:49Z The Values, Institutions, and Market Factors in the Make-or-Buy decisions of the United States Postal Service Nguyen, Hung Phu Management Organization Theory Public Administration Postal Service Public Contracting Transaction Cost Economic This dissertation studies the contracting policies and practices taking place in the United States Postal Service during the last 12 years. Using the Value-Institution-Market framework, the dissertation comes to two important findings. First, at the macro level, values and institutions factors frame the contracting environment and changes in each of these categories caused the overall aggregate contracting levels to fluctuate over certain periods of time. Second, at the micro level, in essence, it is the differences in the market factors across activities that explain, for the most part, their comparative variations of contracting levels. These findings have important implications. First, core competences of the USPS which are very politically important should be performed both by internal resources and vendors, but internal resources must play the main role. This is to safeguard that public values are sustained. Second, non-core areas – which are less politically important, less asset-specific, and have more potential vendors – should be outsourced. This is to economize costs while improve organizational performance. 2008 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228176136 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228176136 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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The Values, Institutions, and Market Factors in the Make-or-Buy decisions of the United States Postal Service

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