The managers versus the consultants

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-138

  Grifell Tatjé, Emili ^a   Lovell, C A Knox ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Electricity distribution; Revenue cap regulation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MANAGEMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

SPAIN;

EID: 0037679167     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00008     Document Type: Article

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