Promoting public sector innovation: who does what, when and how?

Published 29 August 2024

Mats Fred and Dalia Mukhtar Landgren, black and white photo.

This article examines public sector innovation and how different actors – municipalities, consultants, academics, financiers, and non-profit organizations – create and distribute stories about a poorly functioning public sector in need of "opening up" to new types of actors, services, and knowledge.

Despite differences, the actors involved narrate their world similarly constituting coalitions that connects and aligns their interests and objectives. The narratives also help actors frame problems (and solutions) in ways that presupposes certain actors or roles to take shape. As such, the stories can have very concrete consequences.

Authors: Mats Fred, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren

Title: Promoting public sector innovation: who does what, when and how?

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767241271848