Executive agencies, performance targets and external reporting

Public Money and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 17-24

  Hyndman, Noel S ^a   Eden, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0036661313     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00314     Document Type: Article

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