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Productivity Benchmarking the Australian Water Utilities

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  • Michael B. Cunningham, 2013. "Productivity Benchmarking the Australian Water Utilities," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 32(2), pages 174-189, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econpa:v:32:y:2013:i:2:p:174-189
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    2. Alexandr Akimov & Paul Simshauser, 2018. "Performance measurement in Australian water utilities: Current state and future directions," Discussion Papers in Finance finance:201802, Griffith University, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.

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