Explaining the innovative culture and activities of state agencies

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1321-1347

  Lægreid, Per ^a   Roness, Paul G ^a   Verhoest, Koen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

agencies; culture; innovation; management tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054001330     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611416744     Document Type: Article

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