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Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?

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Linking Innovation to the Public Sector: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges; V.Bekkers; J.Edelenbos & B.Steijn Innovation in the Public Sector: An Introductionary Over view; C.Pollit How Common Is Public Sector Innovation and How Similar IS IT to Private Sector Innovation; L.Fuglsang & J.S.Pedersen Small States, Innovation and Administrative Capacity; R.Kattel, T.Randma-Liiv & T.Kalvet Public Sector Innovation at the Urban Level: The Case of Public Procurement; V.Lember, T.Kalvet & R.Kattel Innovation Inside Government: The Importance of Networks; J.M.Lewis, M.Considine & D.Alexander Competing Values in the Management of Innovative Projects: The Case of the RandstadRail Project; H.van der Voort, J.Koppenjan, E.ten Heuvelhof, M.Leijten & W.Veeneman Exploring the Innovative Capacity of Intergovernmental Network Managers: the Art of Boundary Scanning and Boundary Spanning; J.Voets & F.De Rynck Innovating entrepreneurship in health care: How health care executives perceive innovation and retain legitimacy; W.van der Scheer, M.Noordegraaf & P.Meurs An Innovative Public Sector? Embarking on the Innovation Journey; V.Bekkers, J.Edelenbos & B.Steijn

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