Public and private services transformation in the CEECs

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-496

  Burger, Anze ^a   Stare, Metka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Convergence; New member states; Performance; Private and public services

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONVERGENCE; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 70949104752     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903131666     Document Type: Article

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