Public sector readiness for value co-creation: The diffusion of a governance innovation

Year of publication

2024

Authors

Kenneth Nordberg; Inga Narbutaité Aflaki

Abstract

The article explores the spread of an innovative model for state–third sector partnerships used inSweden among local governments in Finland. The study employed action-based research togenerate and analyse data from four self-selected municipalities. The study reveals majorfacilitators and obstacles in spreading and adopting collaborative cross-sector models as they gobeyond simple methodological or legal issues and require a shift in public sector logics andidentities. The results suggest that resistance is more ‘in the heads’ of municipal managers andpoliticians and engrained in administrative traditions than in legal paragraphs or financial shortages.

Organizations and authors

Åbo Akademi University

Nordberg Kenneth

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Original article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Publication channel information

Publication forum level

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Partially open publication channel

Self-archived

Yes

Other information

Fields of science

Political science; Sociology

Keywords

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Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

DOI

10.1080/09540962.2024.2397050

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes