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Public Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Bibliographic Data

ID4074375
AuthorsNancy C Roberts, Nancy Roberts (Naval Postgraduate School, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume11
Issue1
Pages55-74
Publication date1992-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.1992.tb00332.x
OpenAlexW2053901113
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited28

This article presents a conceptualframeworkofpublic entrepreneurship. Public entrepreneurship is defined as the generation ofa novel or innuuative idea and the design and implementation of the innovative idea into publicsector practice. The conceptualfiamework is used to distinguish between public entrepreneurs and other actors in the policy process, and to clarify the differences between policy, political, executive, and bureaucratic entrepreneurs. Taking a functionalist perspective, the article difmentintes between individual and coZkctiue entrepreneurship and ginezates pmpaitims to move us cher to a theory of public entrepreneurship

Bureaucracy · Entrepreneurship · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · ICT Impact and Policies · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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Unique citing works36
Citations per year1,13
Citation span1994 - 2025 (32)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 34

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