Governments And Management Consultants: Supply, Demand, And Effectiveness

The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saint Martin, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consultants; Consulting industry; Government; Public service reforms; Supply and demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923595484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235049.013.0022     Document Type: Chapter

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