EXPLAINING INNOVATIONS IN THE LITHUANIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITIES

The article seeks to assess the main factors explaining innovations in the Lithu¬anian public sector organisations. The empirical analysis is based on the COBRA survey of the Lithuanian public sector organisations. Our results indicate that the structural capacity is the most important explanation behind organisational innovations: larger organisations are more likely to develop new products and services than small ones. Furthermore, we found that the New Public Management argument does not hold in Lithuania: higher managerial autonomy and incentives for performance do not foster in¬novations. The assessment of importance of administrative culture yielded mixed results, and more research is needed in this area.