Studying dynamics of government agencies: Conceptual and methodological results of a Hungarian organizational mapping exercise

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 832-843

  Hajnal, György ^a  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Central government agencies; Event history analysis; Hungary; Structural dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870288619     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.715564     Document Type: Article

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