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Public Management Review Volume 20, 2018 - Issue 5: Special issue: Digital Government and Public Management. Guest editors: Theresa A. Pardo, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia and Sharon S. Dawes
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Open innovation in the public sector: drivers and barriers for the adoption of Challenge.gov

Ines MergelDepartment of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 726-745 | Published online: 24 Apr 2017

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