Contracting for management: Assessing management capacity under alternative service delivery arrangements

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-346

  Brown, Trevor ^a   Potoski, Matt ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645752460     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20175     Document Type: Review

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