The reinvention laboratories: Strategic change by indirection

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-68

  Thompson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0008432944     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02750740022064542     Document Type: Article

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