Public-to-private organizational transition: A reconceptualization of conventional paradigms

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 25-38

  Nwankwo, Sonny ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1142301556     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299610122380     Document Type: Article

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