Initiating network governance through competition: Experiences from eighteen German regions

Rural Governance: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 81-97

  Meyer, Wolfgang ^a   Elbe, Sebastian ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SPRINT ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84881831825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203968178     Document Type: Chapter

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