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Open innovation and co-creation in the public sector: Understanding the role of intermediaries

  • Mila Gasco-Hernandez*
  • , Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan
  • , J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Innovation is a recurring theme in public administration. Governments around the world are always exploring innovation alternatives. However, the way public organizations innovate has evolved in the last few years from “in-house” innovation to open innovation. Although the literature is rich in references to innovation in the private sector, how open innovation processes can become a true and effective tool for governments is still an underexplored topic. The few studies that have tackled it have mainly addressed one main question: how can a successful private sector practice be introduced in public sector organizations? In contrast, this paper aims at making a contribution to the existing literature on open innovation in the public sector by addressing one issue that is key in open innovation processes: the role of intermediaries. Intermediaries are important actors in the open innovation ecosystem as they facilitate activities in all stages of the innovation process and help government agencies to achieve their goals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectronic Participation - 9th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2017, Proceedings
EditorsOystein Saebo, Peter Parycek, Theresa A. Pardo, Yannis Charalabidis, Efthimios Tambouris, Andrei V. Chugunov, Panos Panagiotopoulos
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages140-148
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319643212
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event9th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2017 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 4 Sept 20177 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10429 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2017
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period4/09/177/09/17

Keywords

  • Co-creation
  • I-labs
  • Intermediaries
  • Living labs
  • Open innovation

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