Toward a Coherent Methodological Framework for Examining Social Innovation in the Public Sector

Information Systems Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 250-258

  El Haddadeh, Ramzi ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a   Millard, Jeremy ^a   Schröder, Antonius ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

methodology; public sector; social innovation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; METHODOLOGY; POSITIVE CHANGES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; SOCIETAL CHANGES;

HARDWARE;

EID: 84904198438     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2014.923269     Document Type: Article

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