2005
DOI: 10.1080/0898562042000310723
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Entrepreneurship in the public sector: a framework of analysis in European local governments

Abstract: This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Abstract. In this paper we explore the potential role of entrepreneurship in public sector organisations. At first, we present a review of the entrepreneurship theme in the political science and public management research streams, comparing these ideas with the mainstream business literature on entrepreneurship. Thereafter, we illustrate empirically how Stevenson's classical framework of entre… Show more

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“…The Nurse and the Civil Servant were deeply engaged in their target groups and wanted to 'improve where they were'. Our interpretation is that they were not career-driven or politically ambitious like the public employees studied by Zerbinati & Souitaris (2005). If anything, they resemble the public champions driven by the needs of the public, mentioned by Bartlett & Dibben (2002).…”
Section: Moving Onmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The Nurse and the Civil Servant were deeply engaged in their target groups and wanted to 'improve where they were'. Our interpretation is that they were not career-driven or politically ambitious like the public employees studied by Zerbinati & Souitaris (2005). If anything, they resemble the public champions driven by the needs of the public, mentioned by Bartlett & Dibben (2002).…”
Section: Moving Onmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the public sector, they argue, entrepreneurs need to possess strong political skills, the ability to develop power sources, use the media, redesign the system, use external forces and build support among politicians', unions' etc. Among the few existing empirical studies on entrepreneurial processes in the public sector, are those by Bartlett & Dibben (2002), and Zerbinati & Souitaris (2005). Based on 12 cases, Bartlett & Dibben (2002) argued that there was a need for not only the 'champion', but also his or her 'sponsor' to provide authorisation and political support within the organisation.…”
Section: Organisational Entrepreneurship In the Public Sectormentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Empirical studies in a number of developed countries since 1980, such as in the EU, the USA, and Singapore, have focused on regional determinants of small and medium size firm start-ups as new entries to the sector has been considered more important than existing firms (Reynolds, Storey, & Westhead, 1994;Pereira, 2004;Zerbinati & Souitaris, 2005). The reasons are twofold.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This necessitates the use of the original Schumpeterian definition of entrepreneurship as "the doing of new things or the doing of things that are already being done in a new way" (Schumpeter, 1947, p.151) There exists a mistaken belief that innovation exists only in the private sector (Zampetakis & Moustakis, 2007). However, entrepreneurship can flourish in public sector organisations (Zerbinati & Souitaris, 2005;Borins, 2002) and indeed Drucker (1985) asserts that the promotion of entrepreneurship in public organisations is the "foremost political task of this generation" (p.187). Thornberry (2001) claims that "it is the large, slow-moving, bureaucratic organization operating in an increasingly turbulent environment that needs to do the most amount of entrepreneurial soulsearching" (p.530) while Kuratko & Goldsby (2004) have found entrepreneurship even "in the most stifling of bureaucratic organisations" (p.17), such as a 'new' UK university.…”
Section: Entrepreneurship In Uk Higher Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%