Hard lessons from hard times: Reconsidering and reorienting the "Managing decline" literature

Public Administration Review

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-563

  Bozeman, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 77955192679     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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