Public Entrepreneurs: Who They are and How They Operate
提出公共企业家概念,以美国及国外公共企业为例,比较公共与私人企业家的个人特征及策略,帮助公共管理者更有效工作,并探讨如何利用公共企业家力量的政策问题。
Most studies of entrepreneurship look at private entrepreneurs. This article introduces the concept of and illustrates it with examples from public enterprises in the U.S. and abroad. This article explores the similarities and differences in the personal characteristics of public and private entrepreneurs as well as the public entrepreneur9s strategies for getting around well-known barriers to entrepreneurship in the public sector. Many of these methods can be used by the public manager to become more effective in his or her job. Finally, the article raises policy issues about how society can best harness the power of public entrepreneurs.