Agile innovation management in government: A research agenda

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 516-523

  Mergel, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agile development; Agile government; Agility; Digital service delivery; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991826592     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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