Strategic change in the ambulance service: barriers and success strategies for the implementation of high-performance management systems

Strategic Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-175

  Woollard, Malcolm ^a   Lewis, Duncan ^b   Brooks, Simon ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37049027439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.632     Document Type: Article

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