The innovation deficit in public services: The curious problem of too much efficiency and not enough waste and failure

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-

  Potts, Jason ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic evolution; Innovation; Innovation policy; Public sector economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955223107     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.453.11.1.34     Document Type: Article

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