Improving Performance in New Zealand's Public Corporations: The Effect of Governance Practices

Governance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-556

  Reddy, Krishna ^a   Locke, Stuart ^a   Scrimgeour, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79959685994     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: 14680491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2011.01537.x     Document Type: Article

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