This working paper advances a market-shaping theory of the public sector to address one of the most persistent tensions in public administration: how governments can be both stable and agile, while also steering complex socio-technical transformations. It argues that prevailing approaches centred on market failure correction, efficiency and managerial reform remain insufficient for guiding transitions.

This report summarises how to assess and compare dynamic capabilities across city governments, provides an assessment of dynamic capabilities in a selected sample of cities, and sets out future work that will explore how to create an index that can be scaled and used to effectively build capabilities, positively transforming cities and creating better lives...

Innovate UK’s No Limits programme aims to transform the United Kingdom's skills and talent pipeline. This report proposes a specific approach to creating an innovation system that anyone can engage with, and receive the support necessary for success: a mission-oriented approach centred on shared goals for equity, diversity and inclusion.

This policy report investigates the tools and resources used globally by practitioners to support them in design, implementation or evaluation of mission-oriented policies.

Innovation policy, as it is practiced today, and new public management (NPM) reforms both emerged in the 1980s. So far, there is a limited number of studies focusing on the impact of NPM reforms on innovation policy. This paper offers the first systematic literature review on the topic.