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Enabling Continuous and Discontinuous Innovation: Learning From the Private Sector

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Much of the research on innovation to date has been on the private sector (and, within that, biased towards manufacturing) but the processes involved are equally relevant to the public as well as the private sector. This article looks at how innovation is organized and managed, at the routines needed to accomplish the task and at challenges posed by different types of innovation under ‘steady-state’ and ‘discontinuous’ conditions. It argues that there is a strong case for learning across public and private sectors, not just in terms of transferring well-proven lessons (adaptive learning), but also for ‘generative learning’—building on shared experimentation and comparison of experiences around discontinuous innovation.

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  • John Bessant, 2005. "Enabling Continuous and Discontinuous Innovation: Learning From the Private Sector," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 35-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:25:y:2005:i:1:p:35-42
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00448.x
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    1. Lena Brogaard, 2021. "Innovative outcomes in public-private innovation partnerships: a systematic review of empirical evidence and current challenges," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 135-157, January.
    2. Borko Katanic & Sanja Pekovic & Radenko M. Matic & Jovan Vukovic & Bojan Masanovic & Stevo Popovic, 2022. "The 2021 National Report on Sports Innovation for Montenegro: Content Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-14, February.
    3. Bingqiang Li & Lei Huang, 2019. "The Effect of Incremental Innovation and Disruptive Innovation on the Sustainable Development of Manufacturing in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(1), pages 21582440198, February.
    4. Yoon, Jungsub & Lee, Jeong-Dong & Hwang, Seogwon, 2022. "Episodic change: A new approach to identifying industrial transition," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    5. Seleshi Sisaye & Jacob G. Birnberg, 2010. "Organizational development and transformational learning approaches in process innovations," Review of Accounting and Finance, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(4), pages 337-362, November.
    6. Clark, Richard & Griffith, Garry & Madzivhandila, Tshilidzi & Mulholland, Cynthia & Nengovhela, Nkhanedzeni & Timms, Janice, 2012. "Learning by Writing: Applying Continuous Improvement and Innovation Principles to Project Management by Formal Documentation and Publication," Papers 234293, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Land and Environment.
    7. Bingqiang Li & Jing Yu & Lei Huang & Jinzhi Li & Changhan Luo, 2021. "Coupling Development of Manufacturing Promotion and Innovation in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(4), pages 21582440211, October.
    8. Yong Kyu Lew & Jeong‐Yang Park, 2021. "The evolution of N‐helix of the regional innovation system: Implications for sustainability," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(2), pages 453-464, March.

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