Institutionalisering af offentlig innovation

Public innovation policies and programmes are increasingly governed by the central
government. It is argued that this institutionalization process is rooted in cultural
regimes that form our basic understanding of what innovation is and does, and it is
argued that the institutionalization is unfolded in specific innovative arrangements
operating within these regimes. Recent developments in Denmark are used to
illustrate how this institutionalization process unfolds. In conclusion, it is suggested
that an understanding of both the theoretical and the operational implications of
this approach is needed, and we need to be wary of the political implications of the
current institutionalization.