This article provides a systematic review of the empirical literature on barriers within public
sector innovation processes, based on data from 63 articles. We investigate the nature of …

This article brings together empirical academic research on public sector innovation. Via a
systematic literature review, we investigate 181 articles and books on public sector …

Public sector innovation is an important issue in the agenda of policymakers and academics
but there is a need for a change of perspective, one that promotes a more open model of …

Innovation intermediaries have become numerous and diverse. Faced with this growing
heterogeneity, there is the need to advance understanding of the organisations that engage …

This article introduces the special issue on the increasing role of cities as a driver for (open)
innovation and entrepreneurship. It frames the innovation space being cultivated by …

Sustainability transitions encompass changes in existing socio-technological systems. In this
context, scholars have emphasized the roles that intermediaries can play for sustainability …

We lack an in-depth understanding of how the different roles played by public innovation
intermediaries during their engagement in collaborative projects enable them to generate …

The Smart Cities movement has produced a large number of projects and experiments
around the world. To understand the primary ones, as well as their underlying tensions and …

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Societies face difficult challenges which require responses that go beyond the innovation
capability of most public sector organisations. Open approaches to public sector innovation …