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11 - Public Innovation and Organizational Structure

Searching (in Vain) for the Optimal Design

from Part III - Transforming Governance to Enhance Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2016

By
Mads Leth Felsager Jakobsen  and
Claus Thrane
Edited by
Jacob Torfing  and
Peter Triantafillou
Jacob Torfing
Affiliation:
Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
Peter Triantafillou
Affiliation:
Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
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Enhancing Public Innovation by Transforming Public Governance , pp. 217 - 236
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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