Co-production for innovation: The urban living lab experience*

Policy and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 310-325

  Nesti, Giorgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co design; Co production; Experimentation; Open innovation; Urban living labs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057965809     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: 18393373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2017.1374692     Document Type: Article

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