Collaborating for Digital Transformation

Edited by Koen Verhoest, Professor in Public Administration and Governance, Department of Political Science and GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Professor of Public and Financial Management, Hertie School, Germany, Lise H. Rykkja, Professor of Political Science/Public Administration, Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway and Erik Hans Klijn, Professor of Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1 Introduction: collaborating for digital transformation inthe public sector 2Lise H. Rykkja, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Erik Hans Klijnand Koen Verhoest2 Digital transformation in the public sector 13Miriam Lips3 Intergovernmental collaboration in the context of digitaltransformation: state-of-the-art and theoretical notions 31Gerhard Hammerschmid, Jessica Breaugh and Maike Rackwitz4 Conditions for successful public-private collaboration forpublic service innovation 52Chesney Callens and Koen VerhoestPART II INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATIONFOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION5 The coordination of digital government platforms: the roleof administrative tradition and collaboration history 81Jessica Breaugh and Steven Nõmmik6 The coordination of smart cities: insights froma cross-case analysis on the implementation of smart citystrategies 103Maike Rackwitz and Dries van Doninck7 Leadership for intergovernmental collaboration towardsdigital transformation 124Maike Rackwitz, Jessica Breaugh and Gerhard HammerschmidPART III PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION FORDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION8 The design and management of public-private eHealthpartnerships 144Chesney Callens, Koen Verhoest, Erik Hans Klijn, LenaBrogaard, Veiko Lember, Vicente Pina and Dries van Doninck9 Contract management and network management inpublic-private eHealth partnerships 168Chesney Callens and Erik Hans Klijn10 Viewpoints of collaboration partners on user involvementin collaborative innovation projects 197Jaime García-Rayado and Chesney Callens11 It is all about interaction: network structure, actorimportance, and the relation to innovative outcomes 218Tom Langbroek and Koen VerhoestPART IV CONCLUSIONS12 Collaboration for digital transformation: so much morethan just technology 241Koen Verhoest, Erik Hans Klijn, Lise H. Rykkja andGerhard HammerschmidIndex

‘Based on an impressive cross-national study, this volume identifies the collaboration hurdles that can stand in the way of the successful digital transformation of the public sector, and then provides an insightful and realistic appraisal of how we might try to overcome them.’