Key Questions to Ask when Contracting out Government Services: An Application to Orderly Services

Global Outsourcing Strategies: An International Reference on Effective Outsourcing Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 285-302

  Hewitt, Erica Susan ^a   Boardman, Anthony E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85142088651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315254197-35     Document Type: Chapter

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