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Getting Research into Practice: Making a Reality of Evidence-Based Practice: Some Lessons from the Diffusion of Innovations

Sandra Nutley Department of Management, University of St. Andrews
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Huw T. O. Davies Department of Management, University of St. Andrews
Pages 35-42 | Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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