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exit mechanism [2 records]

Record 1 2005-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Public Administration (General)
DEF

Procedures to allow users of a service to use alternative services. In public sector management, these included regulation, contracting out of services to multiple private providers and competition between the public and private sectors.

OBS

The basic concept was developed by Albert Hirschman in "Exit, Voice and Loyalty" and adapted by Samuel Paul to the issue of accountability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
DEF

Mécanisme par lequel un client arrête de faire appel à un service et achète au concurrent.

CONT

Comme la sortie est une réaction improbable dans un contexte de service public (parce qu'il n'y a souvent pas d'autres choix ou parce qu'une autorité supérieur empêche de ne pas faire appel au service), l'expression sera le mécanisme de réaction le plus fréquent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Administración pública (Generalidades)
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Record 2 1998-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Textile Industries
DEF

GATT mechanism that triggers new quotas in the textile field semiautomatically within existing restraint agreements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
  • Industrias textiles
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