Based on empirical perception data, the present paper introduces a new approach in government performance assessment in rela­tion to public innovation capacity and quality of public services. Innovation in the public sector has reached a high level of priority on the public agenda of the EU, while the interest of academ­ics in this topic has steadily increased over the last decade. However, a fundamental theory on this issue is missing, and only a limited amount of research offers an in-depth analysis of the correlations between innovation and different components associated with government effec­tiveness. This study aims to fill this gap in the literature, by developing an index of government performance for assessing the ability of EU mem­ber-state governments to adopt a strategic vision on innovation and to provide good-quality public services. In addition, the dynamics in the inter­dependencies between the innovation capacity and various drivers of government performance was highlighted, as well as the convergence/di­vergence trends between Member States. The empirical research in this paper identifies the EU states which may be considered as examples of good practices in adopting an innovative per­spective on public administrations, as well as in proposing specific policy recommendations that could foster decision-making processes related to innovation in the public sector.

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欧盟国家公共部门的绩效与创新。2009-2016年基于知觉动力学的分析

基于经验感知数据，本文介绍了一种与公共创新能力和公共服务质量相关的政府绩效评估新方法。公共部门的创新已成为欧盟公共议程上的高度优先事项，而在过去十年中，学者们对该主题的兴趣一直在稳步增长。但是，缺少有关此问题的基本理论，只有很少的研究提供了对创新与与政府效力相关的不同组成部分之间的相关关系的深入分析。本研究旨在通过建立政府绩效指数来评估欧盟成员国政府对创新采取战略眼光并提供优质公共服务的能力，以填补文献中的空白。此外，与会者强调了创新能力与政府绩效的各种驱动因素之间相互依存的动态，以及成员国之间的趋同/分歧趋势。本文的实证研究确定了在对公共行政采取创新观点以及提出可以促进与公共部门创新相关的决策过程的具体政策建议方面可以被视为良好实践实例的欧盟国家。