Executive Agencies: Have They Improved Management in Government?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-112

  Talbot, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442430388     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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