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001 2011004357
003 DLC
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008 110201s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011004357
020 $a9780230284524 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJF1525.O73$bI57 2011
082 00 $a352.3/67$222
245 00 $aInnovation in the public sector :$blinking capacity and leadership /$cedited by Victor Bekkers, Jurian Edelenbos, and Bram Steijn.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $ax, 252 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aGovernance and public management series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 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.
520 $a"Innovation in the Public Sector addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society, what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aOrganizational change.
650 0 $aAdministrative agencies$xManagement.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aBekkers, V. J. J. M.
700 1 $aEdelenbos, Jurian.
700 1 $aSteijn, Abraham Jan,$d1959-