Exploring relationships of shared service arrangements in local government

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-284

  Janssen, Marijn ^a   Joha, Anton ^b   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Morgan Chambers ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Local government; Resource allocation; Technical services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992929424     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160710778103     Document Type: Article

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