Governance and innovation in public sector services: The case of the digital library

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 237-249

  Scupola, Ada ^a   Zanfei, Antonello ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digitalization; Governance; ICT; Information policy; Innovation; Library services; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973312196     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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