Enabling continuous and discontinuous innovation: Learning from the private sector

Public Money and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Bessant, John ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12944291053     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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