Who owns what? Some implications of the humphry report on government business enterprises

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 110-125

  Wettenhall, Roger ^a  

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EID: 0032221949     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1998.tb01287.x     Document Type: Article

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