The challenging business of long-term public-private partnerships: Reflections on local experience

Public Administration Review

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 400-411

  Bloomfield, Pamela ^a  

^a Clarus Group   (United States)

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EID: 33745314474     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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