%0 Journal Article
%T Collaborative Innovation in Public Administration: Theoretical Background and Research Trends of Co-Production and Co-Creation
%A Jo£¿e Ben£¿ina
%A Mitja De£¿man
%A Primo£¿ Pevcin
%A Sanja Vrbek
%A Tina Juki£¿
%J Administrative Sciences | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9040090
%X This paper presents the results of the content analysis of 139 Web of Science papers focused on collaborative innovation with external stakeholders of public administration, specifically on co-production and co-creation. The analysis included papers published between 2009 and 2018 and was based on a coding scheme consisting of 12 parameters grouped into four groups: paper descriptors, financial support of the research, methodological framework, and co-creation characteristics. The results reveal a considerable increase in researchers¡¯ interest in co-production and co-creation in the context of public administration in the last few years. This is particularly the case in Northern and Western Europe, where Anglo-Saxon and Nordic administrative traditions dominate. Furthermore, the results show that co-creation is most often placed in the contexts of social policy and welfare, as well as health care. Over the selected period, research seldom addressed companies as a target group in the co-creation of public services¡ªin comparison to citizens and internal users. More than three quarters of the papers observed were empirical and less than 20% were quantitative. In general, a lack of conceptual clarity was often identified through the interchangeable usage of the terms co-creation and co-creation and the low level of international comparison¡ªthe majority of the papers focused on case descriptions at a national level, even though collaborative innovation is strongly related to administrative traditions dominating in specific regions. View Full-Tex
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/9/4/90