Governance of public-private partnerships: Lessons learnt from an Australian case?

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-582

  Johnston, Judy ^a   Gudergan, Siegfried P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b School of Marketing

Author keywords

Governance; Public private partnerships (PPPs); Social contract

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 39049111166     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307083459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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