Unit cost behaviour in public sector outsourcing

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-149

  Kulmala, Harri I ^a   Ojala, Mika ^b   Ahoniemi, Lea ^b   Uusi Rauva, Erkki ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activity based costs; Defence sector; Finland; Outsourcing; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; OUTSOURCING; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33745837092     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550610650400     Document Type: Article

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