Governing adaptation

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1257-1285

  Rantakari, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; COMPETITIVENESS; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 51749115692     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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