Buyer-supplier partnering in UK defence procurement: Looking beyond the policy rhetoric

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-350

  Sanderson, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POWER RELATIONS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SHIPBUILDING; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66349133618     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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