Dynamic governance: Embedding culture, capabilities and change in Singapore

Dynamic Governance: Embedding Culture, Capabilities and Change in Singapore

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-508

  Neo, Boon Siong ^a   Chen, Geraldine ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84967520913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/6458     Document Type: Book

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