Innovation in the Public Sector Linking Capacity and Leadership

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?

Victor Bekkers is Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Director of the Erasmus Center for Public Innovation. Jurian Edelenbos is Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Bram Steijn is Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Linking Innovation to the Public Sector: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges; V.Bekkers; J.Edelenbos& B.Steijn
Innovation in the Public Sector: An Introductionary Over view; C.Pollit
How Common Is Public Sector Innovation and How Similar IS IT to Private Sector Innovation; L.Fuglsang & J.S.Pedersen
Small States, Innovation and Administrative Capacity; R.Kattel, T.Randma-Liiv & T.Kalvet
Public Sector Innovation at the Urban Level: The Case of Public Procurement; V.Lember, T.Kalvet& R.Kattel
Innovation Inside Government: The Importance of Networks; J.M.Lewis, M.Considine& D.Alexander
Competing Values in the Management of Innovative Projects: The Case of the RandstadRail Project; H.van der Voort, J.Koppenjan, E.ten Heuvelhof, M.Leijten& W.Veeneman
Exploring the Innovative Capacity of Intergovernmental Network Managers: the Art of Boundary Scanning and Boundary Spanning; J.Voets& F.De Rynck
Innovating entrepreneurship in health care: How health care executives perceive innovation and retain legitimacy; W.van der Scheer, M.Noordegraaf & P.Meurs
An Innovative Public Sector? Embarking on the Innovation Journey; V.Bekkers, J.Edelenbos& B.Steijn