Procurement as a shared service in English local government

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 540-555

  Murray, J Gordon ^a   Rentell, Peter G ^a   Geere, David ^b  

^a Local Government Improvement and Development   (United Kingdom)

^b FireBuy Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Local government; Public procurement; Purchasing groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549098075     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550810885822     Document Type: Article

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