Two decades of research on innovation in services: Which place for public services?

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-117

  Djellal, Faridah ^a   Gallouj, Faïz ^a   Miles, Ian ^b,c  

^a University of Lille 1 Clersé and Cepii   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Public services

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84887014794     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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