Entrepreneurship in Public Sector Innovation: A Proposed Framework

Innovation has a powerful effect on country's economic well-being. The journey of innovation starts at the very of any organization whether public or private sector. In public sector, innovation seems to be lagged behind compared to private sector. However, by adopting entrepreneurship attributes, public official can be more innovative to improve public sector service delivery. Hence, this paper presents some historical background of changes in Malaysian Public Sector before 90s and how it took place after in 20th century. It also discussed some literatures that advocate entrepreneurship in public sector. Some achievements of Government Transformation Programme (GTP), Economic Transformation Programme (ETP, for instance, are also presented. Finally it proposes a new framework (Entrepreneurship-based Innovation for Better Public Service Delivery) on how entrepreneurship can be adopted in the Malaysia public sector.