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Public Innovation Capacity: Developing and Testing a Self-Assessment Survey Instrument

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Governments around the world are pressed to develop innovative solutions for the wicked problems they are facing. To develop these solutions, the public innovation capacity—defined as the capacity to develop and realize new ideas for societal problems—is of crucial importance. This article builds a model of the public innovation capacity on the basis of innovation systems theory and the literature on public innovation. Five functions—mobilizing, improvising, vitalizing, balancing, and coordinating—are identified and operationalized to construct a self-assessment survey instrument for governments. This instrument in tested by using it to self-assess the public innovation capacity of a Dutch municipality. This test highlights the validity of the instrument and shows that it helps to identify weaknesses in the public innovation capacity. This measurement can form the basis for a reflection on the government organization’s public innovation capacity as a basis for interventions to improve this capacity.

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  • Albert Meijer, 2019. "Public Innovation Capacity: Developing and Testing a Self-Assessment Survey Instrument," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(8), pages 617-627, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:42:y:2019:i:8:p:617-627
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2018.1498102
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    1. Jackwerth, Thomas & Afghani, Nof & Daimer, Stephanie & Lindner, Ralf & Wittmann, Florian, 2023. "Public sector organisations as agents of transformations: A framework for analysing structural changes within Public Sector Organisations (PSO)," Discussion Papers "Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis" 80, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI).

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