Service quality in regulated network industries

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-225

  Waddams Price, Catherine ^a   Brigham, Bitten ^b   Fitzgerald, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59949092725     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2008.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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