Innovation in public services: Engaging with risk

Handbook of Innovation in Public Services

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 157-160

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a   Brown, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881892976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849809757.00020     Document Type: Chapter

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