Factors influencing the use of performance data to improve municipal services: Evidence from the North Carolina benchmarking project

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-318

  Ammons, David N ^a   Rivenbark, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 39049143938     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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