Determinants of lean success and failure in the Danish public sector: A negotiated order perspective

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-420

  Pedersen, Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum ^a   Huniche, Mahad ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b Region Zealand ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Critical success factors; Lean implementation; Negotiated order; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959779402     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551111147141     Document Type: Article

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