The balance between bricolage and innovation: Management dilemmas in sustainable public innovation

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-595

  Fuglsang, Lars ^a   Sörensen, Flemming ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Experiment; Innovation; Public service; Service encounter

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INNOVATION; SERVICE SECTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951691605     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.504302     Document Type: Article

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