scholarly journals Drivers, Enables and conditions for Public Sector Innovation in European Countries

Innovar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (83) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Natário ◽  
Joao Couto
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
European Public ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Successful Innovation

This study identifies the factors that influence innovation in the public sector in different countries. To do this, we identified innovation patterns in European countries and established the factors associated with such patterns. A cluster analysis was performed to group countries in terms of public sector innovation, while mean differences tests were used to identify the aspects that characterize these differences. The data are derived from the European Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard database, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, the European Innovation Scoreboard (eis) 2017 Database, and the Global Competitiveness Report (2017-2018) by the World Economic Forum. The results indicate the existence of three groups of countries, where the factors identified are related to (i) the governance of public services, namely government effectiveness and regulatory quality, share of service innovators that innovate in-house, share of process innovators that innovate in-house, and importance of external knowledge; (ii) national culture, in particular uncertainty avoidance and indulgence; and (iii) national innovation capacity. This study provides empirical insights into the need to develop innovation capabilities as an element of successful innovation in public services.

scholarly journals Inovasi Pelayanan Publik di China: Suatu Pembelajaran bagi Pemerintah dalam Peningkatan Layanan Publik di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-113
Author(s):  
Purwadi Purwadi ◽  
Anugerah Yuka Asmara ◽  
Wahid Nashihuddin ◽  
Aditya Wisnu Pradana ◽  
Anggini Dinaseviani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Private Sector Development ◽  
Public Sector Innovation

Innovation is becoming a warming issue to be often discussed by many actors like academician, politician, and business sectors at global world recently. Innovation is basically a better change of an organization, it is firstly applied in private sector. Development of current literature in public administration science, innovation emerges as a conceptual discourse stuff that is then sounded into public sector. Innovation practice in private sector is different to public sector. Innovation practice in public sector, particularly in public services is one of interesting things to be discussed in this study because China is one of economics superpower in the world that is able to innovate at midst totally strong political control from central government. Issue of public service innovation is critical issue which is linear with economic growth in China. This study is a research using qualitative-descriptive method with the source derived from secondary data, and this study is called as a desk research. This research finding is that innovation practices at public service which is successfully conducted by Government of China can be adopted by Government of Indonesia by adjusting key points for implementing innovation of public services in Indonesia. It is important that Government of Indonesia must seek an alternative way to find an appropriate model to implement best practices of public service innovation adopted from China.

Harmonisation of EPSASs (European Public Sector Accounting Standards): Developments and Prospects

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Pierre Calmel
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Accrual Accounting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
European Public ◽  
Public Sector Accounting

AbstractThe European Commission initiated a project to introduce accrual accounting in European countries that meets the objective of improving the reliability, transparency and comparability of public accounts.This article describes the importance of defining the governance model for future European public sector accounting standards, explains the need to define accounting standards taking into consideration the specific features of the public sector and illustrates these points with the accounting treatment of financial liabilities.

scholarly journals How innovation drivers, networking and leadership shape public sector innovation capacity

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny M. Lewis ◽  
Lykke Margot Ricard ◽  
Erik Hans Klijn
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
External Networking

The need to understand innovation in public sector environments is growing. There is also a need to build theory, test it empirically and compare across jurisdictions. This article aims to understand the factors that have an impact on innovation capacity. It examines the self-rated innovation capacity of three European city governments – Barcelona, Copenhagen and Rotterdam – in regard to innovation drivers (structures, processes and contextual factors), external networking (levels of communication outside the municipality) and leadership qualities. Results from an online survey of senior administrators in the cities ( n = 323) was used to empirically analyse the relationships between these using a structural equation model. Leadership has a stronger effect than innovation drivers and external networking on self-rated innovation capacity for these three city governments. Points for practitioners Public sector innovation is a very important topic for public managers as the expectations on government agencies increase. Innovation capacity is related to innovation drivers and barriers, the amount of contact that individuals have with others outside their organization, and leadership. This empirical study of three cities shows that leadership has a bigger effect on innovation capacity than the structures, processes and contextual factors that drive innovation, as well as the amount of external contact that public managers have outside their organizations. In addition, for Barcelona and Copenhagen, the network governance and transformational types have the biggest effect on innovation, while for Rotterdam, it is the entrepreneurial type followed by the network governance type.

scholarly journals Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Lars Fuglsang ◽  
Anne Vorre Hansen ◽  
Ines Mergel ◽  
Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Living Labs ◽  
Elusive Concept

The public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding of its versatile nature. To gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of living labs, this article provides a review assessing how the environments, methods and outcomes of living labs are addressed in the extant research literature. The findings are drawn together in a model synthesizing how living labs link to public sector innovation, followed by an outline of knowledge gaps and future research avenues.

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