The loop, the lens, and the lesson: Using resilience theory to examine public policy and social innovation

Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 89-113

  Moore, Michele Lee ^a,b,c   Westley, Frances R ^b   Tjornbo, Ola ^a   Holroyd, Carin ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Wilfrid Laurier University ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 85002934047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230367098     Document Type: Chapter

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