Diffusion of standards: The importance of size, region and external pressures in diffusion processes

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 441-459

  Dahl, Poul Skov ^a   Hansen, Kasper M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 33744488841     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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