A case study of governance in public sector 'virtual organizations': The emergence of Children's Trusts

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 149, Issue , 2004, Pages 541-549

  Wilson, Rob ^a   Baines, Susan ^a   Martin, Mike ^a   Vaughan, Roger ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MULTI AGENCIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SERVICE DELIVERY; TESTING GROUNDS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION; WELLBEING;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 84902522645     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-8139-1_57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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