Constructing the market: Commercialization and privatization in the royal mail

Public Administration

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-282

  Lucio, Miguel Martinez ^a   Noon, Mike ^b   Jenkins, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALISATION; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; ROYAL MAIL; SERVICE SECTOR;

UK;

EID: 0031457147     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9299.00060     Document Type: Article

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