REMINDER_ 2nd Urbino Conference on Innovation in public services_2013 [1 Attachment]

 

Dear colleague

 

this is a gentle reminder about the upcoming deadline for the abstract submission to the second edition of the Conference on "Innovation in the public sector and the development of e-services" to be held in Urbino, Italy, on April 18-19 2013 ( http://www.econ.uniurb.it/Eiburs-TAIPS_Conference_2013/). 

 

As illustrated in the call for papers which we have circulated in July, we would expect to receive proposals for original contributions by September 30th 2012. We kindly ask to meet this deadline as sharply as possible. In case you needed some extra time, please do let us know in advance so that we can keep your potential contribution into account.

 

Given your expertise, we warmly encourage you to submit an abstract and to diffuse the call for papers as widely as possible among interested scholars and practicioners. 

 

Looking forward to your kind reply, 

 

The conference organisation committee

(Davide Arduini, Annaflavia Bianchi, Alessandra Cepparulo, Paolo Seri and Antonello Zanfei)   

2012/7/23 Antonello Zanfei <antonello.zanfei@uniurb.it>

2^nd International EIBURS-TAIPS Conference
on:

 

 “Innovation in
the public sector and the development of e-services”

 

 

 

Date: April 18^th-19^th 2013

Venue: DESP, University of Urbino, Italy

 

 

 

 

This is a call
for papers building on the research area of innovation in services, with a
specific focus on the changing role of public sector in the development of
knowledge intensive activities and of web based services. The 2013 Conference
is a new occasion for in-depth discussion on these topics, after the previous
edition of the event which was held in April 19^th-20^th
2012 (http://www.econ.uniurb.it/Eiburs-TAIPS_Conference_2012/). The key themes selected for this year are the
following (see below for more details on topics included under each of these
headings):

 

 

 

1)      New service development and the changing organization
of public sector

 

2)      ‘E-serviceability’: which public services can be
effectively provided on the web

 

3)      Innovation in the public sector and new service
development: What happens at the local level?

 

4)      Emerging patterns of innovation in public sector:
Complementarities, coordination, and interaction between the various geographic
and institutional levels?

 

5)      How has the “e” changed the role of users and
producers in the development of services? Cooperation, co-production,
participation

 

6)      Quantitative and qualitative effects of new public
service development

 

 

 

While the main focus will be on economic issues from
an academic perspective, the conference aims to open up a dialogue also with
other disciplines and with both policy makers and practitioners. Contributions
adopting different theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches will be
most welcome.

 

As experienced in the previous edition, also this
conference will be organized into plenary sessions distributed over two full
days, with a total of  18-20
presentations, and at least one discussant per session.

 

 

 

Deadlines

Abstract submission (min 500-max 1000 words)	September 30th 2012
Communication of the accepted papers to the authors	November 15th 2012
Full paper submission	January 31st 2013

 

Correspondence  to davide.arduini@uniurb.it

 

 

Scientific Committee

 

Annaflavia Bianchi, Faber Foundation and EIBURS-TAIPS team,
University of Urbino, Italy 

 

Paul A. David, Stanford
University, USA & UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, NL & All Souls College,
Oxford

 

Faïz Gallouj, University of Lille 1,
Clersé-CNRS, France 

 

Harald Gruber, EIB, Luxembourg 

Ian Miles, Manchester Business School,
UK 

 

Mario Pianta, EIBURS-TAIPS team,
University of Urbino, Italy 

 

Maria Savona, SPRU, University of Sussex,
UK 

 

Keith Smith, Imperial College, London,
UK 

 

Edward W.  Steinmueller, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK 

Antonello Zanfei, EIBURS-TAIPS team,
University of Urbino, Italy 

 

 

 

Conference Organisation Committee

Davide Arduini, EIBURS-TAIPS team, University
of Urbino, Italy 

 

Annaflavia Bianchi, Faber Foundation and
EIBURS-TAIPS team, University of Urbino, Italy

 

Alessandra Cepparulo EIBURS-TAIPS team, University
of Urbino, Italy

 

Paolo Seri, EIBURS-TAIPS team,
University of Urbino, Italy 

 

Antonello Zanfei, EIBURS-TAIPS team,
University of Urbino, Italy 

 

 

 

The conference is organized as part of the research project on
“Technology adoption and innovation in public services (TAIPS)”, carried out by the Department of Economics, Society
and Policy, University of Urbino, Italy, and funded by EIBURS –European
Investment Bank University Research Sponsorship Programme, Line of research:
Development of public e-services in Europe

 

 

 

Link to TAIPS: http://www.econ.uniurb.it/eib_project/

 

 

Detailed themes for the 2^nd
EIBURS-TAIPS Conference

 

 

1)     
New service development and the changing organization
of the public sector

 

 

1.1  In-house
development, outsourcing, collaborative modes of competence accumulation and
public service development

 

1.2  Public
sector organisational models and implications on new service provision

 

1.3  New actors
and new relationships in public service innovation

 

 

 

2)     
 ‘E-serviceability’:
which public services can be effectively provided on the web

 

 

 

2.1. Which public services can effectively be offered on the web, which
cannot and why?

 

2.2  Under which
circumstances can public e-services be more effective than traditional
services?

 

2.3  Measuring
the economic magnitude of e-services in public spending:
costs/saving/investment issues

 

2.4 How can we measure the
improvements in quality and efficiency of e-services?

 

2.5  Unexplored
fields of innovation: identifying and stimulating pioneering behaviours.

 

2.6  Policy
recommendations

 

 

 

3)     
Innovation in the public sector and new service
development: What happens at the local level?

 

 

 

3.1 How smart are cities/regions in
terms of public sector innovation and public e-services?

 

3.2 Under which circumstances are
cities/regions the key locus of innovation in public sector?

 

3.3 Technological relatedness (or
complementarities) between city/region specializations and development of  new services

 

3.4 Geography-specific enablers and
obstacles of  new service diffusion (size
of cities; city/rural, infrastructures; density of population; sectoral
specialization, etc.)

 

3.5 Technological and organisational
changes within and across municipalities/regional administrations

 

3.6 Policy recommendations

 

 

 

4)     
Emerging patterns of innovation in public sector:
Complementarities, coordination, and interaction between the various geographic
and institutional levels

 

 

 

4.1 New service diffusion at the
various institutional/geographical/administrative levels and sectors

 

4.2 
Boosting innovation (best practice, imitation and heterogeneity): the
role of institutional, organizational and geographical proximity

 

4.3  How can
innovative activities at the municipality level be coordinated and diffused
across regions and nations?

 

4.4  Policy
recommendations

 

 

 

5)      How has the “e”
changed the role of users and producers in the development of services?
Cooperation, co-production, participation

 

 

 

5.1       Demand as a driver of innovation in public
services

 

5.2       Active and passive roles of different
categories of users (citizens, firms, communities) and other institutions in
knowledge sharing, exchange and production on the web

 

5.3       New forms of interaction between public
and private sector

 

5.4       Policy recommendations

 

 

6)      Quantitative and
qualitative effects of new public service development

 

 

 

 Public service
innovation and the economic effects

 

 

 

6.1       Are innovative public services a boost for
productivity and economic growth?

 

6.2       How can we measure the effects of public
service innovation on welfare, productivity and growth?

 

6.3       Which PA practices are associated with
best performance in terms of e-service provision?

 

 

 

Can we all benefit from public
service innovation?

 

 

 

6.4       Drivers, barriers and policies to
e-inclusion

 

6.5       Re-engineering democracy: actors, tools
and processes

 

6.6       How effective are public e-services in
terms of environmental protection

 

 

 

6.7       Policy recommendations