Public sector benchmarking and performance improvement: What is the link and can it be improved?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-75

  Tillema, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 72549115050     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492414     Document Type: Article

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