Innovation in the public sector: A systematic review and future research agenda

Public Administration

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-166

  De Vries, Hanna ^a   Bekkers, Victor ^a   Tummers, Lars ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84960487974     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12209     Document Type: Article

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