Contracting out public service provision to not-for-profit firms

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 784-802

  Bennett, John ^a   Iossa, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SERVICE PROVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77956278796     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp040     Document Type: Article

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