A '3Rs' Strategy for Public Service Turnaround: Retrenchment, Repositioning and Reorganization

Public Money and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Boyne, George A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442505636     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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