New development: The paradox of outcomes-the more we measure, the less we understand

Public Money and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-216

  Lowe, Toby ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

outcomes; Payment by results; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876046854     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785707     Document Type: Article

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