Necessity as the mother of reinvention: Discourses of innovation in local government

Public Innovation Through Collaboration and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 19-40

  Griggs, Steven ^a   Sullivan, Helen ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84955756841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203795958     Document Type: Chapter

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