Stakeholder network dynamics and emergent trajectories of lean implementation projects: A study in the UK national health service

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Papadopoulos, Thanos ^a   Merali, Yasmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37549015229     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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