Contracting public sector services: A meta-analytic perspective of the international evidence

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 98-110

  Hodge, Graeme ^a  

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EID: 0032218148     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1998.tb01565.x     Document Type: Review

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