Innovation in the Public Sector: Linking Capacity and Leadership (Governance and Public Management)

✍ Scribed by Victor Bekkers, Jurian Edelenbos, Bram Steijn

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 263
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Innovation in the Public Sector addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society, what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 8
Notes on the Contributors......Page 10
Part I: Introduction......Page 12
1 Linking Innovation to the Public Sector: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges......Page 14
Part II: Contexts, Processes and Aspects of Innovation......Page 44
2 Innovation in the Public Sector: An Introductory Overview......Page 46
3 How Common Is Public Sector Innovation and How Similar Is It to Private Sector Innovation?......Page 55
4 Small States, Innovation and Administrative Capacity......Page 72
5 Public Sector Innovation at the Urban Level: The Case of Public Procurement......Page 93
Part III: Networks and Innovation......Page 116
6 Innovation Inside Government: The Importance of Networks......Page 118
7 Competing Values in the Management of Innovative Projects: The Case of the RandstadRail Project......Page 145
8 Exploring the Innovative Capacity of Intergovernmental Network Managers: The Art of Boundary-Scanning and Boundary-Spanning......Page 166
9 Innovating Entrepreneurship in Health Care: How Health Care Executives Perceive Innovation and Retain Legitimacy......Page 187
Part IV: Discussion......Page 206
10 An Innovative Public Sector? Embarking on the Innovation Journey......Page 208
References......Page 234
Index......Page 253