Great expectations: Benchmarking for best value

Public Money and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 21-26

  Bowerman, Mary ^a   Ball, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034380490     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00207     Document Type: Article

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