Learning to walk before we try to run: Adapting lean for the public sector

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Radnor, Zoe ^a   Walley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37549068916     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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