01436pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002100040245007800061260000900139300001200148362001100160520095800171650003501129650004201164650002601206773004601232180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBorins, Sandford  aWhat border? public management innovation in the United States and Canada  c2000  ap.46-74  aWinter  aBased on samples of 217 of the best applications to the Ford Foundation - Kennedy School of Government innovation awards and 33 of the best applications to the Institute of Public Administration of Canada's management innovation award, both between 1990 and 1994, this article discusses the nature of public management innovation in the United States and Canada. Some of the issues examined are (1) the characteristics of public sector innovations, (2) where in the organization innovations originate, (3) whether innovations come about as a result of planning or groping, (4) the obstacles to change innovators faced and how they overcame them, (5) the results achieved by these innovations, and (6) whether these innovations were replicated. It is found that, despite the difference between congressional and parliamentary government and the different problems being addressed, the patterns of innovation are similar in the two countries. - Reproduced  aPublic administration - Canada  aPublic administration - United States  aPublic administration  aJournal of Policy Analysis and Management