Fostering Innovation Inside Government: The Role of Structural and Personal Networks in Improving Innovation Performance Among Politicians and Bureaucrats.

创新是新的全球经济的引擎。澳大利亚总理在澳大利亚日发表的声明“支持澳大利亚的能力”将创新放在了政府议程的首位。不幸的是，大多数研究和公共政策忽视了政府本身的参与，而不是财政角色。这项新研究从政府内部的创新问题出发，绘制了创新之路，并分析了网络如何决定结果。这项研究同时考虑了结构关系网和个人关系网，并考虑了它们之间的联系方式的差异。成果将包括政府创新的新模式和提高政府系统内部绩效的方法。

Innovation is the engine of the new global economy.The Prime Minster's Australia Day Statement 'Backing Australia's Ability' put innovation at the top of the government agenda. Unfortunately most research and public policy ignores the participation of government itself, apart from its fiscal role. This new study takes the innovation question inside government to map the path to innovation and to analyse how networking determines outcomes. The study considers both structural and personal networks and considers variations in how they are related. Outcomes will include a new model for governmental innovation and methods for performance improvement inside governmental systems.