Port reform: International perspectives and the Canadian model

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-132

  Ircha, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 0039030557     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.1999.tb01550.x     Document Type: Review

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