Urban government innovation: Identifying current innovations and factors that contribute to their adoption

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-277

  Franzel, Joshua M ^a  

^a Center for State and Local Government Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Local government; Management; Public policy; Technology

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449143020     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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