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In
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector, Wendy D. Chen and David B. Audretsch provide a framework for understanding entrepreneurial and innovative activity in the public sector. Debunking common myths and exploring the modern-day digital frontier for public innovation across the globe, the authors propose a model for a public innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, highlighting key ingredients and approaches that enable successful public innovations. Carefully discussing the challenges and future opportunities that lie with public innovation and entrepreneurship, this book lays out actionable strategies for the public sector that will transform government employees into public entrepreneurs and suggests an agenda for future research in this field.
List of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Past Wisdom: History of Public Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 3: New Frontiers: Digitalized Contemporary Public Innovation
- 4: Three-Legged Stool: Coproduced Public Innovation
- 5: We the People: Democratized Public Innovation
- 6: Candy and Ice Cream: Is Public Innovation and Entrepreneurship Always a Good Thing?
- 7: Simple Ingredients, Better Cake: Building a Public Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Good
- 8: Unsung Heroes: Making Public Entrepreneurs
- 9: Challenges and Opportunities of Public Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 10: Conclusion and Contributions
- References
- Index
About the author
Wendy D. Chen is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Texas Tech University. She is an award-winning scholar, and her expertise lies in public innovation and entrepreneurship, public policy, nonprofit management and leadership, as well as emerging technologies. Her work has been published in top-tier academic journals, such as Public Administration Review and has been featured by prominent media outlets such as NPR (National Public Radio), as well as other leading public-facing publications around the world. She weaves storytelling into research and embraces an entrepreneurial mindset, breaking down silos between different sectors, domains, and research methods. Dr. Chen serves as an editor for
Management Decision, the world's oldest academic journal focusing on understanding management, and
Public Administration and Development. For more information, visit her website at wendydchen.com.
David B. Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and the Ameritech Chair of
Economic Development at Indiana University, where he also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Audretsch's research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness. He is co-author of
The Seven Secrets of Germany (Oxford, 2015), among other books. He is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of
Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.
