Private-sector experience with strategic management: Cautionary tales for public administration

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-40

  Goldsmith, Arthur A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b McCormack Inst of Public Affairs   (United States)

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EID: 0041926191     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002085239706300103     Document Type: Article

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