Entering a brave new world? An assessment of third sector readiness to tender for the delivery of public services in the United Kingdom

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Chapman, Tony ^a   Brown, Judith ^a   Crow, Robert ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organisational change; Procurement; Public service delivery; Third sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749202794     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870701847998     Document Type: Article

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