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In Italy, after two decades of reforms in local public services, the process and its related political, cultural and economic debate is still ongoing apparently without a specific strategic aim. It looks like in fact it has a not linear route whose direction changes on contingencies demand, contrasting with the relevance that local public utilities firms assumed over the last years in our economy and with the influence they have on quality life of population.
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Pozzoli, S., Landriani, L., Lepore, L., Romano, R. (2014). Model for Water Governance: Variables and Performance. In: Governance and Performance of Water Utility Firms. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02645-9_2
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