Valuing Public Innovation

Rolf Rønning is Professor of Social Policy at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, and Visiting Professor at The Open University, UK. Jean Hartley is Professor of Public Leadership at The Open University Business School, The Open University, UK. Lars Fuglsang is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark, where he heads the research group on Innovation in Service and Experience. Karin Geuijen is an Assistant Professor in Public Management in the Department of Governance at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Innovation concepts and processes.- 3. The publicness of public innovation.- 4. Sharing and spreading innovations.- 5. Collaborative innovation and co-creation.- 6. The intertwined roles of private, social and public actors for public innovation.- 7. A sector with dynamic hybridization.- 8. Institutions, actors and leadership.- 9. Framing digital innovation.- 10. Assessing the value of public innovations.- 11. Conclusions.