Budget allocation formulas: Magic or illusion?

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Cross, Roger L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgets; Collections management; Libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957826751     PISSN: 0888045X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08880451111142114     Document Type: Review

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