Empirical observations on New Public Management to increase efficiency in public research-Boon or bane?

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1225-1234

  Schubert, Torben ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; New Public Management; Research; Universities

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; DATA SETS; GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; HIGHER EDUCATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PUBLIC RESEARCH; RESEARCH EFFICIENCY; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITIES;

ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 69249212214     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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