City-Charity Partnerships and the Financial Crisis: Case study evidence

Public Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 633-656

  Agostino, Deborah ^a   Lapsley, Irvine ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charities; Cities; financial crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883499152     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.707678     Document Type: Article

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