The Private Finance Initiative: Risk, uncertainty and the state

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 567-589

  Froud, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracts; Private Finance Initiative; Public management; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038172805     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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