Compulsory competitive tendering for public services in the UK: The case of refuse collection

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 881-903

  Bello, Hakeem ^a   Szymansk, Stefan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346264880     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01157.x     Document Type: Article

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