Public service management by numbers: Why does it vary? Where has it come from? What are the gaps and the puzzles?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Hood, Christopher ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Government ^*

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ESRCs Public Services Programme

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EID: 33947621498     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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