Senior manager innovation-orientated attitudes are key drivers of innovation within micro
and smaller firms. Despite this, little guidance exists on the initiatives organisations can …

This paper reports on four studies (in France, Germany (FRG), Japan, and United Kingdom)
exploring reactions of industrial managers to government incentives (GIs), laws, policies …

Purpose–The purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of management
involvement in innovation and its relationships with organizational, technical and marketing …

Research on knowledge sources and innovation has focused mainly on external knowledge
sources and the generation of technological innovations. This study contributes by …

The public sector has traditionally been considered inhospitable to innovation, particularly
innovations initiated by middle managers and front‐line staff. Unlike the private sector, the …

Multidimensional empirical examinations of the adoption of innovations in organizations,
and the influence of factors within each dimension on the phases of adoption, are scarce …

Innovation in the Public Sector Page 1 Innovation in the Public Sector Publin Report No. D9
On the differences between public and private sector innovation By Thomas Halvorsen …

Existing economic theories show that continuing innovation, diffusion, and technical and
managerial improvement are necessary for economic growth and international …

This paper examines innovation awards in the public sector from both the perspective of the
individual and the organization. Using the individual perspective, we look at two types of …

Interviews with 37 branch level managers in the Australian Federal Government were
conducted to determine how managers understood the concept of innovation and their …