Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 4 / 2015 (605), Winter
Social Innovation in the Local Public Sector: A Cross-Regional Approach for Romania
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Carmen SĂVULESCU
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Corina Georgiana ANTONOVICI
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract. Social innovation could be understood as “new ideas (products, service and models) that, simultaneously meet needs and create new social relationships or collaboration” (Murray et al., 2010). For the local public sector, the social innovation gains endemic characteristics, connected to better use of local resources and human resources, as well as those concerning interregional or even cross-regional cooperation.
For the time being, Romania undergoes a complex process of shifting to regional organization, which essentially involves important changes with genuine characteristics of social innovation. The most obvious aspects of social innovation are expressed by administrative innovation or systemic innovation. Of course, the innovation in the public services or processes for public service delivery becomes visible through citizen orientation, involvement of new material and financial resources.
In this context, the current paper aims to emphasise the main characteristics of social innovation, determined by regionalization and administrative re-organizations. The cross-regional approach comprises interregional comparative studies and it highlights the instruments for evaluation of social innovation and their application in view to substantiate the comparative studies concerning the impact of social innovation. The research methodology comprises bibliographic syntheses, comparative studies as well as socio-innovative empirical researches.
Contents
Social Innovation in the Local Public Sector: A Cross-Regional Approach for Romania
Testing the Validity of Political Business Cycle for the Fragile Five Countries
Fuel Price Volatility and Asymmetric Transmission of Crude Oil Price Changes to Fuel Prices
Analysis of Gross Domestic Product Evolution under the Influence of the Final Consumption
Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
Does Expenditure on Education Affect Economic Growth in India? Evidence from Cointegration and Granger Causality Analysis
Measuring the Influence of the J-Curve Effect on Trade in Romanian Forest Products
An Assessment of Customer Shared Value in the Restaurant Industry – a Survey from Sweden
Modelling optimal execution strategies for Algorithmic trading
Macroeconomic Effects of Inflation Targeting: Evidence from the Middle and High-Income Countries
Model of Analysis of Electronical Instruments Services in Romania
Banking Business and Social Media – A Strategic Partnership
The Interest Rate Corridor as a Macroprudential Tool to Mitigate Rapid Growth in Credits: Evidence from Turkey
Structural Breaks and Unit Roots in Indian Macroeconomic Variables
Analysis Model of GDP Dependence on the Structural Variables
Does Financial Development Influence Economic Growth in India?
Multidimensional Analysis of Performances in a Credit Brokerage Entity
Analysis of National Health Strategy 2014-2020
Threshold Effect of Public Debt on Domestic Investment: Evidence from Selected African Countries
Service Sector, Human Capital Accumulation and Endogenous Growth
The Communication Paradigms in Education
The Influence of Lending Activity on Economic Growth in Romania
Blended Learning – A Path towards Modernizing Higher Economic Education?
The Role of Epistemological Paradigms in Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
New Challenges for Agriculture within the Context of Climate Change
The Insertion of Young Economists in the Labor Market through the Specialty Practice. The Bucharest-Ilfov Region
Testing for Multiple Bubbles in the 35 Large and Medium Cities of Real Estate Price in China
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The Correlation between Employment and Productivity of Older Workers
Current Demographic Trends – A New Challenge for the Labour Market
The Great Transformation. The Formulation of New Models