The innovation deficit in public services : the curious problem of too much efficiency and not enough waste and failure
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01/04/2009
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It has long been recognised that government and public sector services suffer an innovation deficit compared to private or market-based services. This paper argues that this can be explained as an unintended consequence of the concerted public sector drive toward the elimination of waste through efficiency, accountability and transparency. Yet in an evolving economy this can be a false efficiency, as it also eliminates the 'good waste' that is a necessary cost of experimentation. This results in a systematic trade0off in the public sector between the static efficiency of minimizing the misuse of public resources and the dynamic efficiency of experimentation. this is inherently biased against risk and uncertainty and therein, explains why governments find service innovation so difficult. In the drive to eliminate static inefficiencies, many political systems have susequently overshot and stifled policy innovation. I propose the 'Red Queen' solution of adaptive economic policy. |
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EContent Management Pty Ltd |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29920/1/29920.pdf http://www.innovation-enterprise.com Potts, Jason D. (2009) The innovation deficit in public services : the curious problem of too much efficiency and not enough waste and failure. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice: the international journal for innovation research, commercialization, policy analysis, 11(1), pp. 34-43. |
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Copyright 2009 eContent Management Pty Ltd. |
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative Industries Faculty |
Palavras-Chave | #140213 Public Economics- Public Choice #140214 Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods #public sector economics #economic evolution #innovation #innovation policy |
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