Systems that should have failed: Critical infrastructure protection in an institutionally fragmented environment

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-29

  de Bruijne, Mark ^a   van Eeten, Michel ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LIBERALIZATION; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 33847618737     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2007.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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