Ownership and performance of water utilities

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 42, 2003, Pages 9-19

  Renzetti, Steven ^a   Dupont, Diane ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Efficiency; Performance; Privatisation; Productivity; Water utilities

Indexed keywords

PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142761562     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9774/GLEAF.3062.2003.su.00004     Document Type: Article

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