Why Innovation needs Bureaucracy?

Following the publication of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) Deputy Director Prof Rainer Kattel's new book, 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State: Why Innovation Needs Bureaucracy', written with IIPP Honorary Professor Wolfgang Drechsler and Erkki Karo, Head of Department at the Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at TalTech. IIPP is delighted to host a fascinating panel discussion around the concept of the ‘entrepreneurial state’ including a Q&A session with the audience.

Institute Director Mariana Mazzucato wrote a book defining the concept and how it has led to the economic success of the US in 2013, called The Entrepreneurial State. In this new book, described as “pathbreaking” by Mariana herself, Rainer and his colleagues seek to show how the public sector must adapt and persevere to advance technology and innovation.

This vital account explores the complex and often contradictory positions of innovating public bodies—and shows how they can overcome financial and political resistance to change for the good of us all.

'The book discusses issues at the very heart of IIPP – how should public organisations work in order to support inclusive and sustainable innovation,’ Professor Rainer Kattel.

This insightful discussion with Prof Rainer Kattel, Dr Wolfgang Dreschler, Dr Erkki Karo, Prof Mariana Mazzucato and guests speakers Darja Isaksson from Vinnova, Mike Bracken from Public Digitaland and Pooja Agrawal from Public Practice who will chair this talk. Join us to explore Why Innovation needs Bureaucracy?

Purchase a copy of the book here.