Fragmentation and coordination in the Scandinavian railway sector

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-364

  Olsen, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

comparative; coordination; fragmentation; New Public Management; path dependency; punctuated equilibrium metaphor; reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249160205     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307081146     Document Type: Article

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