Innovation spaces: lessons from the United Nations.

This paper explores the notion of ‘innovation spaces’ within the UN system, as physical and virtual laboratories for innovation. Using empirical research in a range of innovation labs the authors explore four key questions: what form UN innovation labs have taken, what has motivated their creation,...

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Publicado en:Third World Quarterly Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 1371 - 1388
Autores principales: Bloom, Louise, Faulkner, Romily
Formato: Case Study
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2016
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          Faulkner, Romily
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          Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK
          International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
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        United Nations
        Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
        Social space
        Humanitarianism
        Innovation management
        Problem solving methodology
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          Testing Laboratories
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        foreign policy
        governance
        humanitarianism
        technology transfer
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