Co-Production and the Co-Creation of Value in Public Services: A suitable case for treatment?

Public Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 639-653

  Osborne, Stephen P ^a   Radnor, Zoe ^b   Strokosch, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active citizens; active communities; co creation; Co production; public service dominant logic; public services reform; public value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961212620     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2015.1111927     Document Type: Article

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