Learning to deliver service-enhanced public infrastructure: Balancing contractual and relational capabilities

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1165-1175

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Davies, Andrew ^b   Frederiksen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability building; Learning trajectory; Public agency

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY BUILDING; DYNAMIC CHARACTER; LEARNING TRAJECTORIES; NETHERLANDS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC AGENCIES; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES;

TRAJECTORIES;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SERVICE PROVISION;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649766053     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.521942     Document Type: Article

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