THE NPM AGENDA: BACK TO THE FUTURE

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-96

  Lapsley, Irvine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

future developments; multi dimensional evaluation; NPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85095666530     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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