Management of community-owned facilities post-acquisition: Brokerage for shared learning

Local Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 663-678

  Skerratt, Sarah ^a   Hall, Clare ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asset ownership; brokerage; community; human capital; political capital; rural; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755187899     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094211422210     Document Type: Article

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