Organisational design choices in response to public sector reforms: A case study of mandated hospital networks

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-268

  Grafton, Jennifer ^a   Abernethy, Margaret A ^a   Lillis, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Efficiency; Institutional theory; Integration; Legitimacy; Management control; Networks; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655162197     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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