Management control and privatization in the united kingdom

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 475-497

  Cragg, Michael Ian ^a   Alexander Dyck, I J ^a  

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EID: 0001907725     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556059     Document Type: Article

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