All that glitters is not gold: Disaggregating networks and the impact on performance

Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 152-170

  Meier, Kenneth J ^a,b   O’Toole, Laurence J ^c,d   Lu, Yi ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84865007364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511488511.009     Document Type: Chapter

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