Policy Entrepreneurs: Catalysts for Innovative Public Policy.

Public Entrepreneurship: A Typology

“…and "broker" (Cobb and Elder, 1983), to four-factor models such as "idea generator," "strategist," "activist," and "guardian" (King, 1988 (King, 1988 Kingdon, 1984) or "catalyst" in the innovation process (Roberts and King, 1988; (Roberts and King, 1989).…”

“…Since the 1960s the terms "entrepreneur" and "entrepreneurship" have been appearing with increasing frequency in the public policy and management literatures (King, 1988 We can begin to appreciate the conceptual difficulties by turning to Table 1, which summarizes the major terms used.…”