scholarly journals Expanding innovation capacity in public sector by design projects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Rizzo ◽  
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Felicitas Schmittinger ◽  
Alessandro Deserti
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Design Projects

scholarly journals Using open data for digital innovation: Barriers for use and recommendations for publishers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-57
Author(s):  
Marit K. Natvig ◽  
Shanshan Jiang ◽  
Erlend Stav
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
System Development ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Innovation Capacity

Open data from the public sector can fuel the innovation of digital products. This paper investigates barriers and success factors regarding use of open data in such innovations, and how public sector can increase the value of published data. A multimethod approach was used. An initial study identified aspects of relevance through interviews, a system development experiment, and a focus group. An in-depth study used the insight to perform interviews and a survey targeting innovators. Details on data needs, discovery, assessment, and use were found as well as barriers regarding use of open data in digital product innovations.  Associated recommendations to data owners are provided regarding how they can increase the innovation capacity through appropriate licenses and service levels; convenient access mechanisms; publishing channels and infrastructures; transparency and dialogue; data, metadata, documentation, and APIs of high quality; harmonization and standardization.

Politics of Expertise

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Linovski
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Professional Expertise ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regulatory Knowledge

This research assesses how professional expertise is constructed and deployed by public and private sector practitioners. In-depth case studies of urban design projects in two cities with differing local government capacities are used to critically examine professional expertise. The study finds that the expertise of consultants was portrayed as more creative and innovative, less constrained by bureaucratic and political contexts, and more knowledgeable of market conditions. In contrast, descriptions of public employee expertise often focused on regulatory knowledge. This study analyzes the relationship between limited public sector capacity and these constructions of expertise—and the implications for professional practices.

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 Preliminary Study of Green Design and Project Delivery Methods in the Public Sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Bilec ◽  
Robert Ries
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Project Characteristics ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
The Relationship

The selection of the project delivery method (PDM) for any project is critical—it establishes the communication, coordination, and contractual interfaces between the owner, contractor, and designer. With an increase in the number of green design projects, understanding the relationship between the PDM and green design is paramount to project and contract management. While it is reasonable to assume that a relationship between green design and design-build (DB) exists since both theoretically are intended to foster an integrated, holistic, team-based collaborative project; it is also appropriate to understand the relationship between green design and other PDMs. This preliminary research examined possible relationships between design-bid-build (DBB), construction management (CM), and DB PDMs and green design with the goal of beginning to identify potential positive correspondence between them. To develop an initial understanding, two main tasks were completed. First, existing published research was evaluated to reveal aspects of projects and PDMs independent of green design. Second, the research collected primarily qualitative information by conducting structured interviews with approximately twenty-five individuals, including owners, contractors, and designers involved in completed green design projects, mainly in the public sector. Upon completion of the structured interviews, responses from the interviews were reviewed for green design project characteristics. Additionally, the interviews provided insight on the initial understanding of the current state of knowledge and experience in green design and PDMs. After the two main tasks were completed, both were evaluated for commonalities. Preliminary results found that seven green design project characteristics emerged that in some cases related to a specific PDM, but in other cases were independent of a PDM. Future research will quantitatively investigate the relationship between green design projects, PDMs, and success factors.

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 The relationship between human intelectual capital and innovation capacity in the public sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Belmonte da Silva ◽  
Carlos Maria Fernandez Jardón
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Statistical Technique ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Positive Direct

The public sector must respond to the citizens’ demands with speed and innovation. This ability can prevent many deaths, as in the case with the Covid-19 pandemic. The present study has the general objective of identifying the influence of human intellectual capital on the public sector capacity to innovate. To this end, 158 public servants, who occupy leadership positions in the municipal public administration of the city of Latin America (Santiago - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil), were interviewed. The statistical technique used was exploratory factor analysis and, through the analysis of the main components, two human capital factors were extracted: training and skills, values and attitudes, in addition to the constructs of innovation capacity: services and processes, organizational and institutional. The study tested the hypothesis that all human capital factors are positively, significantly and directly related to the dimensions of innovation capacity. The most relevant index of correlation was identified among the variables: values and attitudes, and the capacity of services and processes. Therefore, the case of study verified the positive, direct and significant influence of human intellectual capital with the public sector capacity to innovate, specifically, in the local / municipal public administration in question.

Public Sector Workplace Expansion and Long Term Sick Leave

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Westerlund ◽  
J. Ferrie ◽  
J. Hagberg ◽  
K. Jeding ◽  
G. Oxenstierna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Sick Leave
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