Public-private partnerships, outsourcing or shared service centres?: Motives and intents for selecting sourcing configurations

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-248

  Joha, Anton ^a   Janssen, Marijn ^b  

^a EquaTerra   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Partnership; Private sector organizations; Public sector organizations; Resource sharing; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955285203     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506161011065217     Document Type: Article

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