ABSTRACT
Appreciating the dynamics of policies on innovation partnership networks is critical to policy developers and effectors. We adopt a time series data to develop a set of dynamic networks that reflect the structure and quality of innovation relations that develop and fizzle-out as specific reforms are applied to innovation partnerships. Industry-specific policies are also considered in relation to the period under consideration. Using specifically selected attributes of the networks we examine the variations as a means of extrapolating the impact of policies on the innovation network. The degree of change in the gradient of structural holes of the networks per period was used to showcase how individuals within the network are being impacted by the policies over time. The evidence shows that the structure and individual attributes have a direct impact on the innovation networks ability to generate research or commit to research funding. These findings indicate that national policies effect the evolution of innovation networks while influencing the desired aims of partnership formation in such evolving systems.
