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Diffusion of Innovations in Finnish Municipal Administration
Author(s) -
Harisalo Risto
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1982.tb00441.x
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , diffusion , regional science , frame (networking) , political science , public administration , business , geography , computer science , law , telecommunications , physics , thermodynamics
This article discusses how innovations gave diffused over time in the municipal administration in Finland. This is done by presenting first a theoretical frame of reference and then empirical data over eight policy‐innovations in Finnish cities and 39 rural communes. The results show that more research is needed before diffusion of innovations in the municipal administration can be more completely understood.