Setting the standard in performance measurement systems

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-347

  Courty, Pascal ^a   Heinrich, Carolyn ^b   Marschke, Gerald ^c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33644677334     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967490500439628     Document Type: Article

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