Viability of municipal companies in the provision of urban infrastructure services

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-110

  da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira ^a   Marques, Rui Cunha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Municipal company; Portugal; SWOT analysis; Total factor productivity; Urban infrastructure services

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELING; PLANNING THEORY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; URBAN PLANNING; VIABILITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79952510763     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2010.548551     Document Type: Article

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