Motivations and impediments to service contracting, consolidations, and strategic alliances in public transit organizations

Administration and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-103

  Ugboro, Isaiah O ^a   Obeng, Kofi ^a   Talley, Wayne K ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040925830     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00953990122019695     Document Type: Article

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