Scottish Local Authorities and the Procurement of Private Finance Initiative Projects: A Pattern of Developing Risk Management Expertise?

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-27

  Asenova, Darinka ^a   Beck, Matthias ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

local authorities; private finance initiative; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847314860     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X03008001002     Document Type: Article

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