Innovation in the public sector : linking capacity and leadership / edited by Victor Bekkers, Jurian Edelenbos and Bram Steijn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Linking innovation to the public sector: contexts, concepts and challenges / Victor Bekkers; Jurian Edelenbos and Bram Steijn -- Contexts, processes and aspects of innovation. Innovation in the public sector: an introductionary overview / Christopher Pollit -- How common is public sector innovation and how similar is it to private sector innovation / Lars Fuglsang and John Storm Pedersen -- Small states, innovation and administrative capacity / Rainer Kattel, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Tarmo Kalvet -- Public sector innovation at the urban level: the case of public procurement / Veiko Lember, Tarmo Kalvet and Rainer Kattel -- Innovation inside government: the importance of networks / Networks and innovation. Jenny M. Lewis, Mark Considine and Damon Alexander -- Competing values in the management of innovative projects: the case of the RandstadRail Project / Haiko van der Voort ... [et al.] -- Exploring the innovative capacity of intergovernmental network managers: the art of boundary scanning and boundary spanning / Joris Voets and Filip De Rynck -- Innovating entrepreneurship in health care: how health care executives perceive innovation and retain legitimacy / Wilma van der Scheer, Mirko Noordegraaf and Pauline Meurs -- Discussion. An innovative public sector? embarking on the innovation journey / Victor Bekkers, Jurian Edelenbos and Bram Steijn.

"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?"--Provided by publisher.