Capability perspective on business network formation: Empirical evidence from the wastewater treatment industry

European Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-190

  Gebauer, Heiko ^a   Truffer, Bernhard ^a   Binz, Christian ^a   Störmer, Eckhard ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centralized control; Decentralized control; Water industry; Water supply and waste systems; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857742444     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341211204026     Document Type: Article

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