Structure, size and reform of the public sector in Europe

Innovation in Public Sector Services: Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-63

  Maroto, Andrés ^a   Rubalcaba, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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