African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Public owned enterprises in Italy: A hybrid nature for a hybrid regime of over -compliance

Pietro Previtali
  • Pietro Previtali
  • Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Pavia Via San Felice 7, 27100 Pavia Italy.
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Andrea Zatti
  • Andrea Zatti
  • Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia Corso Strada Nuova 65, 27100 Pavia Italy.
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Danila Scarozza
  • Danila Scarozza
  • Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Pavia Via San Felice 7, 27100 Pavia Italy.
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  •  Received: 18 November 2017
  •  Accepted: 24 February 2018
  •  Published: 28 March 2018

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