Public-private partnerships in social services: The example of the City of Stockholm

The Challenge of Public–Private Partnerships: Learning from International Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 231-256

  Almqvist, Roland ^a   Högberg, Olle ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84864618912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428082.00017     Document Type: Chapter

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