Capacity, Management, and Performance: Exploring the Links

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-315

  Hou, Yilin ^a,d   Moynihan, Donald P ^b,d   Ingraham, Patricia Wallace ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Management; Performance; Rainy day fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342593972     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074003251651     Document Type: Article

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