Managing the Contract: A Transaction Cost Analysis of Externalisation

Local Government Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Kavanagh, Ian ^a   Parker, David ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013081927     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930008434005     Document Type: Article

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