Public and private management: What's the difference?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-122

  Boyne, George A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036408527     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00284     Document Type: Article

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