Performance measurement and Best Value: an international perspective

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 119-134

  Bovaird, Tony ^a   Halachmi, Arie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best Value; community governance; international best practice; local governance; performance indicators; UK local government; US performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944278222     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbpm.2001.000094     Document Type: Article

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