A comparative analysis of the development of performance-based management systems in Dutch and Norwegian local government

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-95

  van Helden, G Jan ^a   Johnsen, Åge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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