Browsing 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy by Title
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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 ... -
'OECD VIEW' : Should South Africa fully adopt the 'OECD VIEW' of measuring the performance of the STI System?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The Paper/Essay shows the South African Indicator s process as well as providing the needs for taking a systems approach and going beyond measures of activities, such as research and development and innovation by showing ... -
Organisational Innovation at Universities: Research Institutes in Spain
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Organization Theory and New Ways of Working in Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)Dramatic changes in the practice of science over the past half a century, including trends towards working in teams and on large interdisciplinary and geographically distributed projects, have created opportunities and ... -
Organizing a Multidisciplinary Workshop for Forecasting Innovation Pathways: the Case of Nano-Enabled Biosensors
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)This paper reflects on attributes of a workshop on biosensor innovation pathways. Workshop visuals showing multiple interconnections resonated less with the scientist participants than those presenting more linear and ... -
Organizing Science Society Collaborations: Coordination for Social Relevance and Scientific Excellence
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)In 2003 the Netherlands introduced 37 consortia to increase the social relevance of its science system. The consortia were given a double objective of scientific excellence and social relevance. The question is raised how ... -
Participation and Publication Practices in Global Team Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)Science is increasingly organized in global teams, but it remains unclear under which conditions participation in global team science result in authorships for different team members. Taking clinical research as an example, ... -
Patent Indicators for Macroeconomic Growth - the Value of Patents Estimated by Export Volume
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Utilizing a large panel dataset, this paper examines the linkage between patenting and export performance at the country and technology field level. The analysis assesses whether common patent value indicators like patent ...