Comment: Dynamically engineering bureaucracy

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Nickerson, Jack A ^a   Zenger, Todd R ^a  

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EID: 0040629458     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/15.1.47     Document Type: Article

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