Enhancing public sector innovation: Examining the network-innovation relationship

Innovation Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bland, Travis ^a   Bruk, Boris ^b   Kim, Dongshin ^a   Lee, Kimberly T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Innovation; Knowledge; Network; Network Innovation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650777431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17153816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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