A value-for-money pathway: A two-country case study of performance reporting

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 433-449

  Christensen, Mark ^a   Yoshimi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0002685431     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852300663004     Document Type: Article

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