<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article provides the theoretical analysis of co-production phenomenon. The interests in co-production and related concepts are examined applying the methods of Google Trends statistical analysis and information visualization. The activity of business, government, society and research sectors during the last five years are compared, the trends of interest change and the balance of inter-sectoral interest in co-production is assessed. The relative evaluation of interest in co-production indicates that the situation in different sectors is not the same – the asymmetry in interest in co-production prevails. The article concludes that cooperation between public sector organizations with private sector organizations and society in providing public service as well as cooperation between scientific research, methods and technologies is developed at a different rate thus hindering breakthrough on a larger scale.</p></abstract>

The article provides the theoretical analysis of co-production phenomenon. The interests in co-production and related concepts are examined applying the methods of Google Trends statistical analysis and information visualization. The activity of business, government, society and research sectors during the last five years are compared, the trends of interest change and the balance of inter-sectoral interest in co-production is assessed. The relative evaluation of interest in co-production indicates that the situation in different sectors is not the same – the asymmetry in interest in co-production prevails. The article concludes that cooperation between public sector organizations with private sector organizations and society in providing public service as well as cooperation between scientific research, methods and technologies is developed at a different rate thus hindering breakthrough on a larger scale.

Business, Government, Society and Science Interest in Co-Production by Relative Evaluation Using Google Trends

Institute of Public Administration, Faculty of Public Governance

Institute of Leadership and Strategic Management, Faculty of Public Governance

Management of Organizations: Systematic Research

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The article provides the theoretical analysis of co-production phenomenon. The interests in co-production and related concepts are examined applying the...

Business, Government, Society and Science Interest in Co-Production by Relative Evaluation Using Google Trends

Published Online: Oct 30, 2019

Page range: 55 - 71

Received: May 22, 2019

Accepted: Aug 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2019-0004

Keywords
co-production, co-creation, public-private partnership, public participation, competitiveness of public organizations

© 2019 Andrius Puksas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Business, Government, Society and Science Interest in Co-Production by Relative Evaluation Using Google Trends

Published Online: Oct 30, 2019

Page range: 55 - 71

Received: May 22, 2019

Accepted: Aug 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2019-0004

Keywordsco-production, co-creation, public-private partnership, public participation, competitiveness of public organizations

© 2019 Andrius Puksas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
co-production, co-creation, public-private partnership, public participation, competitiveness of public organizations