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5 - Organizational and Governance Aspects of Diffusing Public Innovation

from Part I - Linking Governance and Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2016

Jacob Torfing
Affiliation:
Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
Peter Triantafillou
Affiliation:
Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
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