Evaluating an Australian public policy organization's innovation capacity

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-558

  O'Connor, Allan ^a   Roos, Göran ^b   Vickers Willis, Tony ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Intellectual Capital Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Government policy; Innovation; Intellectual capital; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348820661     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060710828817     Document Type: Article

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