Implementing innovative ideas in a city: Good solutions on paper but not in practice?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-180

  Brorström, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cities; Implementation; Innovations; Observations; Organizing innovations; Public sector management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939504542     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-11-2014-0137     Document Type: Article

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