Benchmarking as a policy-making tool: From the private to the public sector

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Papaioannou, Theodoros ^a   Rush, Howard ^b   Bessant, John ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 33645781817     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154306781779091     Document Type: Article

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