Users influence in social-service innovations: Two swedish case studies

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-212

  Svensson, Peter ^a   Bengtsson, Lars ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Social innovation; Social services; User innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958719063     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2010.511813     Document Type: Article

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