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What makes governments innovative?
Publisher
Social innovation
Leadership
Social networks
Bureaucracy
Public sector
Public sector innovation
Government
Local government
Europe
Description
The word ‘innovation’ is seemingly everywhere in governments. It is often seen as a way of addressing pressing public policy challenges, and governments are increasingly turning to new innovation policies and innovation ‘units’ or ‘labs’. Yet amidst all this enthusiasm for innovation, there is only limited understanding of what makes governments innovative. What factors support public sector innovation?
One way of thinking about what makes governments innovative is to focus on three different contributing factors; context, networking
and leadership.
Publication Details
Copyright:
The Policy Lab at The University of Melbourne 2017
License type:
All Rights Reserved
Access Rights Type:
open
Publication place:
Melbourne
Post date:
31 Jul 2017