Practitioner opinion · Public Administration
Innovation policy is the foundation of success
Why good innovation policy is clear, shared by all key actors and independently evaluated, and why reorganising agencies is rarely the answer.
Research programme · SDG 16
Reclaiming Public Value
What are public institutions for, and how can they show it?
The programme studies how public organisations define their mandate, organise their services and demonstrate results to parliaments, ministries and citizens. Its work includes the M3 framework (mandate, mechanism, measurement), research on service models and decision-making patterns in public agencies, and practitioner perspectives on innovation policy and on public trust in information.
This programme across the three pillars
Public Policy
How governments set missions and create the conditions in which public and private actors deliver value together.
Public Administration
How public organisations choose their service models, take decisions and measure the results they deliver.
Public Finance
How public financial instruments for innovation and infrastructure can be designed to serve their public purpose.
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All research in this programme
Journal article · Public Administration
What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector
What service models do government export credit agencies use, why do they adopt new ones, and what can public management learn from this?
Journal article · Public Administration
Rationality patterns in export promotion organizations
Which rationalities guide decision-making teams in export promotion organisations, and what explains the differences between them?
Policy brief · Public Administration
Dealing with changing obstacles in trade promotion
How have the challenges facing export promotion organisations shifted since 2024, and how should governments and agency boards respond?
Journal article · Public Administration
Service Models in the Public Sector
Combines real-world cases with the service-delivery literature to identify and describe the distinct service models through which governments provide public services, extending business-model thinking to the state.
Working paper · Public Administration
The six dimensions of organizational rationality
How can the competing rationalities that guide decisions inside organisations be identified and measured?
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