To illustrate by way of example:
•    The employment services sector operates in an intensely competitive environment where organisations bid on Federal Government contracts in a regular tender cycle
•    Arts organisations that compete on a daily basis for patronage of their performances
•    Small human services organisations might coordinate their work within a particular geography to maximize impact

There are other areas where there is enormous overlap of services /objective (e.g. some parts of the health and medical sectors) and where at least at first glance, there might be some benefits from merging organisations.

That said, where there is overlap in the sectors we should also be seeing intense competition (due to the overlap) and hence would expect the organisations to be quite efficient and effective.

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