Introduction: Organizational change, management reform and EU policy-making

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-647

  Bauer, Michael W ^a  

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Author keywords

Administrative reform; European Commission; Kinnock reform; Organizational change; Throughput output nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249089547     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802133138     Document Type: Review

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