Alliances and mergers in electricity supply

Public Money and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 13-18

  James, Philip ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^a   Viney, Howard ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031524799     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00086     Document Type: Article

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