What happens after privatization? Globalization, corporate governance and adjustment at British Telecom and Deutsche Telekom

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 593-612

  Börsch, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Telecom; Business policy; Convergence theory; Corporate governance; Deutsche Telekom; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444323966     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176042000248043     Document Type: Review

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