Privatisation: Global trends and implications of the Singapore experience

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 432-444

  Heracleous, Loizos ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Privatization; Singapore; Telecommunications industry

Indexed keywords

PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032715945     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910300190     Document Type: Article

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