PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: FROM IMITATION TO INNOVATION
Les Metcalfe,
Les Metcalfe
*Professor of Public Management, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Les Metcalfe,
Les Metcalfe
*Professor of Public Management, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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