{"product_id":"managing-public-services-innovation-richard-m-walker-9781861342942","title":"Managing Public Services Innovation: The Experience of English Housing Associations","description":"\u003cp\u003eInnovation is promoted to improve performance and increase the quality of services provided by public service organisations. Managing public services innovation provides the first in-depth exploration of innovation and the management of innovation in the housing association sector. Drawing on longitudinal case studies and data sets, including the Housing Corporation's Innovation and Good Practice database, Managing public services innovation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e indicates that housing associations have innovative capacity and classifies innovation in the sector;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e identifies the 'innovative housing association' and its key characteristics;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e explores the way innovation has been managed in housing associations making recommendations for best practice;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e develops techniques to develop evidence-based policy in the housing association sector;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e discusses the implications of innovating in regulated public service industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Managing public services innovation is essential reading for housing industry and public management professionals, policy makers and academics in housing, business and public management departments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Walker,Emma L. Jeanes,Robert O. Rowlands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861342942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861342942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Richard M. Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136932098303,"sku":"9781861342942","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51fa5ffb-8aff-4c9c-a430-733c260d4672.jpg?v=1770165412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managing-public-services-innovation-richard-m-walker-9781861342942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}