Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government Responses
This article examines the relationship between radical change in an institutional context and organisational innovation. It is based on an exploratory case study of three Icelandic local governments conducted in autumn 2010 and summer 2011. While many crises, when scrutinised closely, appear to be m...
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| description | This article examines the relationship between radical change in an institutional context and organisational innovation. It is based on an exploratory case study of three Icelandic local governments conducted in autumn 2010 and summer 2011. While many crises, when scrutinised closely, appear to be more like threats of crisis, Iceland’s economic crisis is a genuine crisis with real and immediate effects. The three local governments studied responded to the crisis with actions that promote cooperation, reorganisation, acquiescence and involvement. The study demonstrates that most of these actions were reactive and somewhat non-innovative, though some were innovative – at least in this particular context. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-603e3e0d677949b6a5d7f4d661c89beb2025-01-22T10:55:09ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Central European Public Administration Review2591-22402591-22592012-11-0110410.17573/cepar.v10i4.231Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government ResponsesAnna Cregård0Rolf Solli1Patrik Zapata2School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, SwedenSchool of Business and IT, University of Borås, SwedenSchool of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, SwedenThis article examines the relationship between radical change in an institutional context and organisational innovation. It is based on an exploratory case study of three Icelandic local governments conducted in autumn 2010 and summer 2011. While many crises, when scrutinised closely, appear to be more like threats of crisis, Iceland’s economic crisis is a genuine crisis with real and immediate effects. The three local governments studied responded to the crisis with actions that promote cooperation, reorganisation, acquiescence and involvement. The study demonstrates that most of these actions were reactive and somewhat non-innovative, though some were innovative – at least in this particular context.https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20374innovationlocal governmentsIcelandeconomic crisisacquiescence |
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| title | Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government Responses |
| title_full | Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government Responses |
| title_fullStr | Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government Responses |
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| title_short | Crisis and Organisational Innovation: Icelandic Local Government Responses |
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| topic | innovation local governments Iceland economic crisis acquiescence |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20374 |
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