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The business of the state

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Considering the opportunities and challenges for commercial firms involved with government business process outsourcing.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 7
            July 2014
            98 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/2622628
            • Editor:
            • Moshe Y. Vardi
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