Evaluation of the Impacts of Innovation in the Health Care Sector: A comparative analysis

Public Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-116

  Cucciniello, Maria ^a   Nasi, Greta ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

evaluation; health care; impacts; Innovation; multidimensional framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893729125     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.798026     Document Type: Article

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