Managerial innovations in central government: Not wrong, but hard to explain

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-93

  Arnaboldi, Michela ^a   Azzone, Giovanni ^a   Palermo, Tommaso ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central government; Innovation; Italy; Managerialism; Organizational change; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349085853     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551011012349     Document Type: Article

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