Taking chances: Evaluating risk as a guide to better use of best practices

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-708

  Hall, Jeremy L ^a   Jennings Jr , Edward T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 44949225937     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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