Investigating the 'NPM-ness' of agencies in Italy and flanders: The effect of place, age and task

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-373

  Verschuere, Bram ^a   Barbieri, Dario ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

New public management; Public agencies; Public sector reform; Task specific path dependency; Tripod model

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249149086     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030902798271     Document Type: Article

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