Between Commonweal and Competition: Understanding the Governance of Public-Private Partnerships

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1634-1654

  Rufín, Carlos ^a   Rivera Santos, Miguel ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; cross sector alliances; public private partnerships; transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864585885     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310373948     Document Type: Article

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