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。总理敏斯特的澳大利亚日声明“支持澳大利亚的能力”将创新放在政府议程的首位。不幸的是，大多数研究和公共政策忽视了政府本身的参与，除了它的财政作用。这项新的研究将政府内部的创新问题作为创新的路径，并分析网络如何决定结果。该研究考虑了结构网络和个人网络，并考虑了它们之间的关系。其成果将包括政府创新的新模式和政府系统内改进业绩的方法。

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.