Enterprise Policy and the Metagovernance of Firm Capabilities

Administration and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 656-679

  Parker, Rachel ^a   Hine, Damian ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

innovation policy; metagovernance; network governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937040065     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399712473982     Document Type: Article

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