Is the Estonian municipal benchmarking really better?: The impacts of research methodology on research results

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-549

  Nemec, Juraj ^a   Merickova, Beata ^a   Fantova, Marketa Sumpikova ^b  

^a MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Estonia; Municipal services; Research methodology; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957857718     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.525036     Document Type: Article

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