The innovative capacity of voluntary organisations: Managerial challenges for local government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-40

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012141450     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939808433894     Document Type: Article

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