Innovation Pathways in Technology Intensive Government Organizations: Insights from NASA
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KEY CONCEPT Th t hibit ll b f EPOCH f t bl NASA’s Mission to “pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research” requires technological innovation; yet current performance is inadequate (fig 1). Although multiple innovation system have been tried (fig 2), there remains a fundamental lack of understanding of how innovation actually happens in institutions like NASA. s
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