Benchmarking applications in public sector principal-agent relationships

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-741

  Andersen, Bjørn ^a   Henriksen, Bjørnar ^b   Spjelkavik, Ingrid ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Performance measures; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649122509     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810915913     Document Type: Review

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