Innovation and Innovators Inside Government: From Institutions to Networks (journal article)
by Mark Considine and Jenny M. Lewis
from Governance Vol. 20 No. 4, pp.581–607
"Innovation and innovators inhabit an institutional space, which is partially defined by formal positions and partially by informal networks. This article investigates the role of politicians and bureaucrats in fostering innovation inside government and provides an empirical explanation of who the innovators are, whether this is mostly an attribute of position or role, or mostly an effect of certain forms of networking."