TROPICO PUBLICATIONS
Our publications include project deliverables, i.e. TROPICO policy briefs and TROPICO research reports as well as academic papers.
Upcoming publications will be shared on the TROPICO community on the repository Zenodo.
Article by Jan Boon, Jan Wynen and Chesney Callens – “A stakeholder perspective on public sector innovation: Linking the target groups of innovations to the inclusion of stakeholder ideas”
This study theorizes and tests whether innovating organizations are more sensitive to ideas from particular stakeholder groups depending on the target group of said innovation. Practical and scholarly implications are discussed.
D9.4 – Policy brief – Defining and Measuring the Efficiency of Collaborations
Policy brief explaining how efficiency measures have been developed and tested in the Collaboration Monitor and presenting the tool’s first results on efficiency.
D8.4 – Policy brief – Defining and Measuring the Legitimacy of Collaborations
This policy brief presents main findings and shares preliminary results of the Collaboration Monitor when it comes to legitimacy.
Article by Per Lægreid and Lise Hellebø Rykkja – “Accountability and inter-organizational collaboration within the state”
Article looking into collaborative arrangements in Norway and providing insights on their consequences for democratic accountability in networked governance. Published in Public Management Review.
Article by Erik Hans Klijn, Jose Nederhand and Vidar Stevens – “The necessity of collaboration in branding: analysing the conditions for output legitimacy through qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)”
Article examining conditions necessary for achieving output legitimacy in branding, based on a comparative analysis of 30 companies engaged in a place branding campaign in the Netherlands. Published in Public Management Review.
Article by Peter Triantafillou and Magnus Paulsen Hansen – “Introduction to the PMR special issue on accountability and legitimacy under collaborative governance”
Introduction to the TROPICO Work Package 8 special issue. Published in Public Management Review.
Article by Samuel Defacqz and Claire Dupuy – “Usages of an E-Participation Platform by Legislators: Lessons from the French Parliament”
This article presents the results of a qualitative analysis of interviews focusing on an e-participation platform in France (Parlement & Citoyens). Published in French Politics.
Article by Tiina Randma-Liiv – “Organizing e-participation: Challenges stemming from the multiplicity of actors”
This study investigates how different organizations and their units are involved in the supply of e-participation initiatives, and how the multiplicity of actors affects cross-boundary collaboration, ownership, and accountability relations in the implementation of e-participation initiatives, based on the WP5 comparative case studies on e-participation platforms in seven European countries. Published in Public Administration.
Article by Camilla Wanckel – “Introducing a digital tool for sustainability impact assessments within the German Federal Government: A neo-institutional perspective”
This article examines the institutionalization of information technologies for policy formulation by investigating the case of the eNAP tool. Published in International Review of Administrative Sciences.
Article by Nora Carstens – “Digitalisation Labs: A New Arena for Policy Design in German Multilevel Governance”
Following a neo-institutionalist perspective and using the analytical concepts of multilevel governance and problem-solving, this paper investigates how the institutional settings, internal dynamics and actors’ composition influence policy design processes in the labs. Published in German Politics.
D9.2 – Policy Brief – Public sector collaborations: Can they improve efficiency and reduce red tape?
Policy brief discussing key findings of the literature review and case studies conducted in the TROPICO Work Package and focusing on the impact of collaboration on different types of efficiency.
D7.2 – Research report on the conditions of public-private collaborations to foster innovation
The report discusses findings and methodology connected to the TROPICO research on whether and under which conditions different types of partnerships contribute to the creation and implementation of innovative services.
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WP9 full case study on the Regional coordination group eHealth and welfare technology Agder, Norway
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on Government Cloud services for First Aid exams, Hungary
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on Fire brigades, Hungary
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on the Inter-municipal collaboration in the district of Groß-Gerau, Germany
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on SUD THD, France
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on Waste management model in Tallinn, Estonia
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on Telecare Nord, Denmark
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on PoWalCo, Belgium
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
WP9 full case study on Neteland, Belgium
The case study is connected to the D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations report.
D9.1 – A Review of Efficiency and Red Tape in Public Sector Collaborations
The report presents a literature review and examines case studies conducted in TROPICO to analyse effects of collaborative practices on efficiency and red tape.
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Article by Sonia Royo, Vicente Pina and Jaime Garcia-Rayado – “Decide Madrid: A Critical Analysis of an Award-Winning e-Participation Initiative”
This publication focuses on “Decide Madrid” – an award-winning e-participation initiative in Spain, and delineates main success factors and barriers that are conditioning the initiative’s performance. Published in Sustainability.
Article by Maike Rackwitz, Thurid Hustedt, Gerhard Hammerschmid – “Digital transformation: From hierarchy to network-based collaboration? The case of the German “Online Access Act””
This article looks into the German Online Access Act (OAA) and, based on that case study, examines how challenges like complexity, risk and power imbalance have been addressed in the institutional design and leadership. Published in der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management.
Article by Chesney Callens, Koen Verhoest and Jan Boon – “Combined effects of procurement and collaboration on innovation in public-private-partnerships: a qualitative comparative analysis of 24 infrastructure projects”
This article discusses results of the research on public-private partnerships, and argues the importance of combining contractual stimuli and collaboration as a crucial factor to create innovation. Published in Public Management Review.
Article by Julia Fleischer and Nora Carstens – “Policy labs as arenas for boundary spanning: inside the digital transformation in Germany”
The publication discusses opportunities connected to the legitimacy and innovative policy design, and public accountability-related challenges when it comes to the boundary spanning in digitalization labs (created as a result of the implementation of the German Online Access Act). Published in Public Management Review.
Policy brief on the citizen participation (in French)
This policy brief (French language) focuses on the e-participation platforms investigated in the TROPICO project and highlights success factors for improving citizen participation rate.
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D8.2 – Long-term Unemployment Collaborations in Five Countries: Challenges and Lessons Learned
The research report takes basis in findings from case studies on local initiatives targeted towards the long-term unemployed, presented in D8.1 report, and compares the collaboration types and accountability relations, exposing differences and similarities connected to the accountability relations between the cases.
D7.3 – Annex to the Policy Brief – Extended list of recommendations
This Annex develops the recommendations presented in the TROPICO Policy Brief D7.3, offering further insights for practitioners involved in collaborative innovation for ICT-enabled public services.
D7.3 – Policy Brief – Enhancing innovation through public-private collaboration
The Policy Brief provides 13 recommendations for policy and practice explaining how to foster collaborative innovation for ICT-enabled public services, based on findings of case studies on collaborative eHealth projects conducted in TROPICO WP7.
D8.1 – Networks of account-giving in long-term unemployment collaborations in five countries
The research report presents five case studies on local initiatives targeted towards the long-term unemployed, and explores implications of collaborative governance for accountability.
Article by Vidar Stevens, Erik-Hans Klijn and Rianne Warsen – “Branding as a Public Governance Strategy: A Q Methodological Analysis of How Companies React to Place Branding Strategies”
The article looks into a new governance strategy in the public sector – public branding, and studies the perceived value of branding campaigns among their target groups, based on interviews with company owners conducted in the Rotterdam area, the Netherlands. Published in Public Administration Review.
D7.1 – Practices of external collaboration for service delivery. Comparative case studies on external collaboration in eHealth partnerships
Based on 19 case studies of collaborative eHealth projects in five countries (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, and the Netherlands), the research report investigates the conditions that affect collaborative partnerships in creating innovative public services.
D6.4 – Research report on collaborative management for ICT enabled public sector innovation
The report introduces five propositions explaining the key aspects of collaborative digitalisation, developed based on the literature review and tested by case studies on online digital platforms and Smart Cities presented in D6.3 report.
D6.3 – Comparative case studies on collaborative management for government digitalisation and public sector innovation
The publication presents the WP6 case studies on collaborative management conducted in five European countries. Each country investigated two cases, one on the implementation of a national government-wide portal towards the EU Single Digital Gateway, and one on the implementation of a Smart City strategy.
D10.4 – TROPICO Summit 2019
This publication provides a summary of the TROPICO Summit “Collaboration in the Digital Era: Evidence from European Governments”, which took place on 23-25 October 2019 in Tallinn (Estonia), presenting the programme, the participants, and the main impressions from the Summit.
D5.3 – Policy brief – Success factors for organizing and administering e-participation
The Policy Brief offers recommendations to policymakers who are involved in establishing or improving e-participation platforms, based on the empirical findings from the WP5 case studies.
D5.2 – Organising for e-participation: Learning from European Experiences
This report investigates the functioning of e-participation platforms in seven European countries, in a comparative analysis with a special emphasis on the “supply-side” of e-participation – the administrative and organizational context of such initiatives.
D6.2 – Policy Brief – Internal collaboration as a cornerstone of national digitalisation strategies. Empirical findings and recommendations
This Policy Brief offers recommendations on success factors for policymakers and public managers in charge of designing and implementing digitalisation strategies.
D5.1 – Comparative case studies on e-participation
The publication presents the empirical analysis of recent e-participation initiatives with the objective of fostering collaboration between governments and citizens, in seven European countries.
D4.4 – Policy Brief – Innovative collaboration for policy design through ICT. Empirical observations and implications
This Policy Brief summarises the empirical observations and implications resulting from the academic expert survey and the comparative case studies conducted by WP4, underlining key findings, practical implications, and recommendations.
D4.3 – Comparative Case Studies
The comparative analysis, based on five case studies in five European countries, looks into causal mechanisms of internal government collaboration, linking actors with the means of collaboration, and the usage and feasibility of ICT.
D4.2 – Research Report – Academic Expert Survey
This report presents a survey conducted with academic experts from various academic fields in ten countries about digitalisation and collaboration in European governments. It focuses on the experts’ perceptions and assessments of internal policy design.
D2.1 – Literature and Report Review
This publication reviews the academic literature and “grey literature” (reports produced by governments, independent research centres and think tanks) on collaborative governance, in order to map what is known about the role of institutional conditions for collaboration.
TROPICO Poster
The poster describes the TROPICO project, its research, and its aim, in the form of a concise, visual presentation.
TROPICO Leaflet
The TROPICO leaflet describes the project, and provides details on the TROPICO research and the TROPICO consortium.
Article by Benedetta Bello, James Downe, Rhys Andrews and Steve Martin – “Does austerity drive public service innovation? Evidence from shared senior management teams in local government”
The article examines shared Senior Management Teams – a new response to financial austerity aiming to improve the efficiency of public services – and assesses their adoption in England. Published in Public Money & Management.