African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

The impact of information asymmetry on public-private partnership contracts: Theoretical approaches

Rene Albertus
  • Rene Albertus
  • Department of Economics and Management (SBF), University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 19 May 2019
  •  Accepted: 03 October 2019
  •  Published: 30 November 2019

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