Privatization of the Japan Highway Public Corporation: Focusing on organizational structure change

Transport Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-493

  Mizutani, Fumitoshi ^a   Uranishi, Shuji ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuyama Heisei University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 46749153858     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640701791749     Document Type: Review

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