Naming the beast: Defining and classifying service innovations in social policy

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1133-1154

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Social policy; Social services; Voluntary and nonprofit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039394014     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100902     Document Type: Article

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