Sustaining innovations through the public sector
Sustaining ideas in the public sector involves different tools to those needed in markets or for social ventures. There are similar issues of effective supply (the proof that a particular model works) and effective demand (mobilising sources of finance to pay for the idea or service).
Business cases within the public sector
In some parts of the public sector the language of the ‘business case’ has been adopted. This means outlining how the innovation will meet targets and...
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One strategy is to integrate the innovation into public policy, at either national or local level – for example, the commitment to extended schools in the...
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An innovation can be sustained by being part of a public programme that has funding attached to it. This is how innovations in early years’ provision,...
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Public regulations, such as regulations requiring a particular type and scale of play area in urban developments, can also provide the pull-through that is needed to...
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