Whole-of-government approaches to outsourcing and market testing by the commonwealth government

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 35-45

  Aulich, Chris ^a   Hein, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 26444440047     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2005.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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