Network dynamics and its impact on innovation outcomes: R&D consortia in the Dutch water sector

Statutory annual evaluation reports of Technology Foundation STW (Now: NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences). STW provides funding for university-industry RD projects in the Netherlands. The publicly (online) accessible evaluation reports (appearing 5 and 10 years after each project start) provide information on the Project Leader (University professor), Project Members (industrial firms or service providers), the Project start year, Project end year, Project goal, Outcomes, etc. From these evaluation reports, Alexander Smit and Remco Mannak derived a database with all STW funded projects that started between 1981 and 2004. Development of the database started in 2008 and took multiple years. This specific project focusses on the Dutch water sector. The data is enriched with qualitative data from the annual reports and with publications that were linked to the projects. 51 interviews have been conducted with Project Leaders and Members on their collaboration in STW projects. The respondents are sampled from the STW-data.