Theoretical Foundations for the Study of Social Innovation in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Vogl
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Open Social Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-286
Author(s):  
Amaya Erro-Garcés ◽  
Maria Elena Aramendía-Muneta
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Public Reason ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Preliminary Test ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public

Three public European case studies are presented as an evaluation of a preliminary test of an adapted questionnaire to measure open social innovation. Findings include the differences and similarities between public and private performance. Public practitioners integrate these experiences later than private. The reasons for engaging in open innovation are different: whereas improving citizens´ relationships is the major public reason, creating partnerships is the private driver. Finally, technologies help open innovation in both public and private cases. Furthermore, it may be concluded that there is a lack of open social innovation professionals that leads to a barrier in the development of these policies in the public sector.

Social Innovation in the Public Sector: The Case of Seoul Metropolitan Government

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren O’Byrne ◽  
Michael Miller ◽  
Ciara Douse ◽  
Rupa Venkatesh ◽  
Naim Kapucu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Metropolitan Government ◽  
The Public

VillageReach: innovating for improved health care at the “last mile”

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Cynthia Schweer Rayner ◽  
Camilla Thorogood ◽  
Francois Bonnici
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Donor Funding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
The Public

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are to understand the definition of public value and the strategic drivers behind public value creation, understand the nature of social innovation in the public sector, identify the critical opportunities and challenges involved in sustaining innovation in the public sector and identify the role that non-profit organizations can play in supporting and sustaining social innovation. Case overview/synopsis This case puts participants in the shoes of a global health innovator’s leadership team as the organization approaches a funding crisis. The organization, VillageReach, is on a quest to expand across the public health system of Mozambique and experiences a funding dilemma. The case reveals the challenges of working with governments to achieve large-scale, systemic change. It explores the conundrum of using international donor funding to embed new practices in government service delivery. Ultimately, it asks participants to choose between the pursuit of new, small-scale innovative projects and the large-scale rollout of a national programme. Complexity academic level This teaching case is written for courses focused on social entrepreneurship, social innovation and social change. It can also be used in courses focused on non-profit management and public sector innovation. Specifically, the teaching case is suitable for two audiences: social enterprise and non-profit managers focused on strategy, development and operations (the case focuses on an enterprise that relies primarily on donor funding) and health-care managers and administrators. Generally, the case is suitable for undergraduates in their final year of study as well as graduate-level business and public administration courses, including MBA, MPH, MPA, EMBA and Executive Education courses. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals Innovation and the Public Service: Facilitating Inclusive Industrial and Social Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Plantinga
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Legal Frameworks

Public servants involved in South Africa’s innovation policy and programmes are under pressure to adopt more agile and open ways of working to support industrial and social innovation, especially in relation to achieving inclusive development outcomes. Implementing these practices in public sector departments is a challenge. Whilst innovation agencies were established to play a more independent mediating role between the private sector and government, they operate within similar legal frameworks and depend on the same political principals for funding as their parent departments. As a result, there is significant friction between expected innovation-enabling practices and established bureaucratic procedures. Instead of calling for the de-bureaucratisation of the public sector, this chapter seeks to highlight the significant diversity in public organisations and officials involved in stimulating industrial and social innovation; the reasons why certain procedures and practices are in place; and the need to develop targeted interventions that can improve specific routines, capacities and legitimacy at organisational and individual levels as a way to achieve innovation outcomes

scholarly journals Profiling Existing Research on Social Innovation in the Public Sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nripendra P. Rana ◽  
Vishanth Weerakkody ◽  
Yogesh K. Dwivedi ◽  
Niall C. Piercy
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
The Public
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