171Our results indicate that further studies of how innovation policies are evaluated would be of interest, especially with regard to potential conflicts of interest.

Appendices

Fischer’s Exact Test, Evaluating Actor and Evaluations

of Public Innovation Policies

Evaluations of Public Innovation Policies Actor Type Negative Neutral Positive Total Evaluative agency 5 15 11 31 (1.7) (10.4) (18.9) (31.0) Consultants 0 11 45 56 (3.1) (18.8) (34.1) (56.0) Self-evaluation 0 4 4 8 (0.4) (2.7) (4.9) (8.0) Researcher 1 7 7 15