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Conditions for open innovation in public organizations: evidence from Challenge.gov

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  • Taha Hameduddin
  • Sergio Fernandez
  • Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

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Public organisations have long sought new ways to enhance organisational performance and employee morale, bring about organisational change, and foster innovations. While governments across the world have continually embarked upon administrative reform efforts, the efficacy and adoption of such reforms remains understudied. This study explores whether organisational and individual factors predict the adoption and use of open innovation in government. In particular, we use the case of Challenge.gov, a novel open innovation platform in the U.S. federal government that aimed to engage the creative potential of the public in solving problems, enhance citizen engagement and public participation. Data on federal agency use of the Challenge.gov platform was paired with existing data on employee attitudes and organisational attributes over a five-year period. Our results show that a range of managerial practices, including employee empowerment, and organisational characteristics predict the extent to which federal agencies use open innovation. We conclude with discussion of the implications for theory and practice.

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  • Taha Hameduddin & Sergio Fernandez & Mehmet Akif Demircioglu, 2020. "Conditions for open innovation in public organizations: evidence from Challenge.gov," Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 111-131, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rapaxx:v:42:y:2020:i:2:p:111-131
    DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2020.1754867
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    1. Mehmet Akif Demircioglu & Roberto Vivona, 2021. "Positioning public procurement as a procedural tool for innovation: an empirical study [Creating the Conditions for Radical Public Service Innovation]," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 40(3), pages 379-396.
    2. Aarthi Raghavan & Mehmet Akif Demircioglu & Araz Taeihagh, 2021. "Public Health Innovation through Cloud Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers and Barriers in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-30, January.
    3. Cinar, Emre & Demircioglu, Mehmet Akif & Acik, Ahmet Coskun & Simms, Chris, 2024. "Public sector innovation in a city state: exploring innovation types and national context in Singapore," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(2).
    4. Demircioglu, Mehmet Akif & Vivona, Roberto, 2021. "Depoliticizing the European immigration debate: How to employ public sector innovation to integrate migrants," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(2).
    5. Roberto Vivona & Mehmet Akif Demircioglu & David B. Audretsch, 2023. "The costs of collaborative innovation," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 48(3), pages 873-899, June.

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