Managing the Coordination of Social Services in the Mixed Economy of Welfare: Competition, Cooperation or Common Cause?

British Journal of Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-328

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031507999     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00068     Document Type: Article

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