What is value-adding? Constradictions in the practice of BPR in a Danish Social Service Administration

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-34

  Hagedorn Rasmussen, Peter ^a   Vogelius, Peter ^b  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Danish Ministry of Education   (Denmark)

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ADMINISTRATION;

DENMARK;

EID: 0037358966     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005x.00108     Document Type: Article

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