Browsing 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy by Title
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Key Success Factors in the Quest for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
(2011-09-15)The changing dynamics of scientific research means that it is often called upon to generate innovative solutions to complex, multi-dimensional, policy-related problems on a regional, national or global scale. The ability ... -
Knowledge exchange in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: informal links in a Public Research Organization
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)This paper analyzes how researchers in the Social Sciences and the Humanities engage in knowledge exchange with potential beneficiaries of their research, and the way in which the institutional context affects these ... -
Knowledge Exchange through Informal Interaction under Complex Social Relations: A Network Study of Handloom Clusters in Kerala, India
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)When agents exchange knowledge through informal interaction, their social relations may influence their production relations. We study the Saliyar community cluster in Kerala, India, on how their thickly homophilous networks ... -
Knowledge Transfer Yields Dividend for the NSF Science and Technology Centers Program
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper presents the performance and policy questions raised in a recent review of the STC program by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Specifically, the AAAS study assessed of the value ... -
Learning to Play the Game: An Enhanced Indicator to Investigate Graduate Training Programs in Science and Engineering
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)The need to encourage future generations of students in the pursuit of science and technological research has been viewed as a cornerstone of US efforts to maintain leadership in research, development, and innovation. ... -
Legislative Typology: Classifying science and technology legislation based on purpose
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Leveraging Public Funded Research for India’s Economic Emergence: The Role of IPR
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)India's emergence in the world economy may be largely attributed to its sustained efforts towards technological learning, capacity building and innovation. At this juncture, India's transition to a knowledge economy could ... -
Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Large-Scale University Research Projects
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Matching the Production of Scientific Knowledge to Needs Across Scales: The Implications of Climate Adaptation Decision Making for Science Policy
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Measuring Creativity: a YouTube Study
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Measuring the Interdisciplinarity of a Federal R&D Program Using Bibliometrics and Science Overlay Maps
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)We conducted an assessment of a government R&D program focused on funding potentially transformative research and interdisciplinary research. To better understand the interdisciplinarity of the funded researchers and their ... -
Measuring the Interdisciplinarity of Nano-Biosensor Research based on Citation Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)This research introduces a methodology that combines analysis of cited literature and cited patents to explore differences and similarities between nano-biosensor (NBS) science and technology. -
A Missing Policy: Capacity Building for Sharing Scientific Knowledge
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Federal research policy focuses on how much should be invested in specific scientific problems and topics. Little attention is given to investment in the capacity needed to share the results of this research. Given the ... -
Mobility, the V-index and career progression in Argentinean research institutes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)The main objective of this paper is to explore the effect of international mobility and international visibility on career development of researchers in CONICET life science research institutes in Buenos Aires. 'Time spent ... -
Moderators to Interdisciplinary Research Measure Application
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)A decade of studies has explored interdisciplinary research (IDR). Despite this, the theory on IDR remains scattered. We present a typology that aids in explaining this fuzziness. This typology enables to distinguish between ... -
Multidimensional evaluation of a program for early-career researcher in Brazil - The Young Investigator in Emerging Centers program
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, has implemented an award program as a way to develop new research centers and to provide more opportunity to recent doctors, or productive doctors without regular job position, the ... -
Nanotechnology and the Millennium Development Goals: Energy, Water, and Agri-food
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)We analyzed the progress in pro-poor nanotechnology applications in energy, water, and agrifood sectors in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We considered the results from an international panel of ... -
A New Technology Transfer Scheme for the Periphery: The case of INTA in Argentina
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Argentina faces many productive problems that would benefit from scientific and technological contributions for their solution. INTA, a public R&D agricultural agency, has worked hard in solving them. In this paper, we ... -
Nordic small countries in the global high-tech value chains: the case of telecommunications systems production
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)In this paper we analyse the interplay between the globalisation, corporate strategy and location choice in the telecommunications systems production. We focus on three different enterprises in the Nordic countries: Ericsson, ... -
North-South and South-South Reseaerch Collaboration: What Difference does it make for developing countries? - The Case of Colombia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)Research collaboration (RC) is associated with both positive and negative effects on the performance of research. It is said to increase creativity, scientific productivity, research quality, innovative capacity, the ...