Open innovation in the public sector: drivers and barriers for the adoption of Challenge.gov

Public Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 726-745

  Mergel, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

barriers for e government adoption; crowdsourcing innovations; government innovation; Online Open Innovation platforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018799447     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1320044     Document Type: Article

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