ABSTRACT
Public administrations, to innovate public services, seek strategies beyond market-like mechanisms and claim for clear paths such as lifecycles. This research bridges service management theory and theory of public management to further how networks for public service innovation mediate public value creation; the study, by integrating both theories and the public service logic approach, discusses the dynamic interactions throughout networks evolution (lifecycle). A theory is elaborated, advancing the relevant role of networks lifecycles in public service innovation lifecycles. The research, lastly, offers several propositions to improve (meta)governance of networks for innovation of public services.
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Luis Rubalcaba
Luis Rubalcaba (he). Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Alcalá, director of the Master on Innovation Economics, Management and Technology, scientific coordinator of the H2020 project Co-VAL on cocreation and innovation for transforming European public administrations, and previous senior innovation specialist at the World Bank in Washington DC., USA.
Alberto Peralta
Alberto Peralta (he). Principal Investigator of the LivLab Simulator and the ABM-SBMI projects. The projects address the innovation dynamics happening in public living labs to design public policies, and the innovation paths of sustainable business models. Following up on his PhD dissertation and professional experience, he has published and presented multiple articles on sustainable business model innovation.