Browsing 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy by Title
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California and the United Kingdom: A Partnership for Climate Change Technology Innovation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The Governor California and the British Prime Minister signed a pact in August 2006 to cooperate on policies related to climate change. This agreement represented a significant international accord for policy and technology ... -
Challenges and opportunities for SMES Leaded by women in the context of CAFTA-DR
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)This paper studies the impacts of the CAFTA on firms leaded by women. The theoretical framework is on system of innovation and performance. A conclusion is that a free trade agreement is not a panacea or a disaster, as ... -
The Changing Dynamic of Biopharmaceutical Research and Collaboration: An Empirical Study of the Innovation System in Taiwan
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The aim of this study is to analyze the changing dynamic of collaboration between the key actors and the role that emerging institutions which promoted biopharmaceutical innovation have played. In conclusion, the findings ... -
Changing Priorities: The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate's (S&T) R&D Funding, 2002-Present
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)This paper will describe the unique situation DHS S&T operates in relating to funding R&D projects, outline the shifting policy environment relating to DHS, and will seek to describe the evolution of DHS S&T funding and ... -
Charting the Course of Early Career Scientists
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) hires the best and brightest early career scientists (ECS) to ensure its scientific future. Study objectives were to (1) assess the work-related experience ... -
Co-evolution of policies and firm level technological capabilities in the Indian Automobile Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)In the last decade Indian auto industry has shown increasing levels of technological sophistication and significant growth. This paper tracks capability development in the Indian auto industry and seeks to understand ... -
Collaboration in Innovation and Foreign Ownership Across Europe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)Collaboration facilitates the creation, transfer and absorption of new knowledge by reducing risk and complexity. This study considers differences in collaborative behaviour across thirteen countries. It finds that firms ... -
Commercialization of New and Emerging Technologies:A Cross Country Comparison of Graphene Firms
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research employs a web-scraping methodology to 1) investigate country level differences among twenty graphene SMEs and 2) devise several measures that gauge the extent to which firm specialization in graphene coincides ... -
Community-Based Innovation Dynamics in the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Sector
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)The article aims to determine what are the dynamics of innovation in the establishment of rural Water Supply and Sanitation-Community Based systems by focusing on the case of rural communities in Costa Rica. Results show ... -
Comparative advantages as drivers of scientific specialisation: do countries need specific or generic policies?
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Comparison of the Integrated Citation Impacts of Journals, Nations, and Institutions in the set journals of "Nanoscience & Nanotechnology"
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)Impact indicators have hitherto been based on summary statistics (e.g., averages). Integration of the citation curves after proper weighting for percentiles (top-1%, top-10%, etc.) provides a citation indicator that is ... -
A Complex Network Perspective on the World Science System
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)This paper discusses capabilities for a systematic overview of world science delivered from the use of new output indicators of science and technology. The data may be usefully structured using a complex network perspective ... -
The contribution of public funding to science: an investigation of research quality
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)This study attempts to investigate the impact of research funding on the quality of scientific publications using the funding acknowledgement analysis approach. A two-stage regression model is used to test the effect of ... -
Convergence in science: Growth and structure of worldwide scientific output, 1993-2008
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)We examine if the globalisation of science is accompanied by convergence in the level and structure of scientific output. We use Web of Science data on the scientific output of 205 countries for 1993, 2000, and 2008, ... -
Coordination through power in University-Industry R&D projects
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Cosmopolitanism in Science: A Productivity Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Engaging concepts inherent to knowledge production studies, we examine Merton s cosmopolitanism ideal type through a contemporary lens regarding the role of cosmopolitan dimensions in shaping scientific output. Using survey ... -
Creating a Data Infrastructure for R&D Workforce Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)To understand how research and development leads to creation of knowledge and then to track the impact of that knowledge requires a comprehensive model of the research ecosystem that incorporates inputs, outputs, activities, ... -
Developing Eco-system for Knowledge to Wealth Creation - Role of Technology Business Incubators in Indian National Innovation System.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper examines the current role of technology business incubators in academic entrepreneurship. The paper seeks to identify and understand the challenges to technology business incubators in contribution to the transfer ... -
Development of Scientific and Innovation Policy in Armenia in 2000s
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)The paper deals with an overview of developments in S&T and innovation sectors in Armenia during the last decade, describes its current state, as reflected in adopted during last years policy documents directed to promote ... -
Diffusion Score: Introducing a Counterpart to the Integration Score
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)The diffusion score is a new interdisciplinary metric used to assess the degree to which research is cited across disciplines. It is the analogue to the Integration score that measures diversity among a given publication ...