Performance, strategy and accounting in local government and higher education in the UK

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Broad, Martin ^a   Goddard, Andrew ^a   Von Alberti, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947626021     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00567.x     Document Type: Review

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