Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review

Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review

The public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding o...

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Main Authors: Lars Fuglsang, Anne Vorre Hansen, Ines Mergel, Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Administrative Sciences
Subjects:
public innovation
co-creation
public value creation
living labs
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/11/2/58
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spelling doaj-c112a3dd16be468495cdc2ede6bf78482021-06-30T23:35:11ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872021-06-0111585810.3390/admsci11020058Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature ReviewLars Fuglsang0Anne Vorre Hansen1Ines Mergel2Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk3Department of Social Science and Business, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, DenmarkDepartment of People and Technology, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, DenmarkDepartment of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, GermanyInland School of Business and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, NorwayThe public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding of its versatile nature. To gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of living labs, this article provides a review assessing how the environments, methods and outcomes of living labs are addressed in the extant research literature. The findings are drawn together in a model synthesizing how living labs link to public sector innovation, followed by an outline of knowledge gaps and future research avenues.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/11/2/58public innovationco-creationpublic value creationliving labs
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Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review
Administrative Sciences
public innovation
co-creation
public value creation
living labs
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description The public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding of its versatile nature. To gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of living labs, this article provides a review assessing how the environments, methods and outcomes of living labs are addressed in the extant research literature. The findings are drawn together in a model synthesizing how living labs link to public sector innovation, followed by an outline of knowledge gaps and future research avenues.
topic public innovation
co-creation
public value creation
living labs
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