Advanced Introduction to Public Sector Innovation (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Mulgan, Geoff

 
9781035363575: Advanced Introduction to Public Sector Innovation (Elgar Advanced Introductions series)

Synopsis

This Advanced Introduction explores innovation in the public sector, examining the mindsets, methods and strategies needed for success at every stage. It draws on global case studies to showcase key practical tools that can support innovation across local, regional and national governments.


Key Features:


    Demonstrates how to generate, gather and assess promising ideas
  • Evaluates the role of markets and competition
  • Presents approaches used to identify, spread and scale efficient new methods
  • Highlights ways to prevent government and political environments from crushing imaginative risk-taking
  • Covers the benefits and drawbacks of diverse methods, from the organisation of specialist teams and labs to systemic change, and from different models of finance to the use of data and AI


Providing an accessible and rigorous framework, this Advanced Introduction is essential reading for practitioners working in both city and national governments, as well as scholars and students of public policy, public sector economics, regulation and governance, administration, management and organisational innovation.

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About the Author

Geoff Mulgan, Professor, University College London, UK, former head of the UK government Strategy Unit and CEO of Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation

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9781035363551: Advanced Introduction to Public Sector Innovation (Elgar Advanced Introductions series)

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ISBN 10:  1035363550 ISBN 13:  9781035363551
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026
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