Browsing 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy by Title
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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 ... -
The Diverse Variables To Consider When Planning and Assessing Public Research Portfolios
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Analysis of public research portfolios should reflect the life cycle of the innovation process. This paper will characterize and organize the variables that could be considered in portfolio analysis for publicly funded ... -
Diversity and research collaboration in management and business in Latin America: An efficiency analysis of scientific performance
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)In this paper we analyze the relationship between a set of variables and performance, understanding the latter as the result of efficient combinations of collaboration and diversity patterns framed by geopolitical, ... -
DNA Rockstar: Using Interactive Media to Teach Genetic Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The game DNA Rockstar! is the result of research conducted through the National Science Foundation s Graduate STEM Fellow GK-12 grant. Students use a familiar gaming environment (similar to Guitar Hero) to learn the basic ... -
Does interdisciplinary research lead to higher scientific impact?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)This paper explores the relationship between interdisciplinarity and scientific impact at the paper level. To do so, we first operationalize interdisciplinarity of a paper as the diversity of disciplines it references. ... -
Does Transformative Research Have Early Signs?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-16)I will first introduce an explanatory and computational theory of scientific discovery. The theory provides an extensible framework, which currently consists of structural and temporal properties as the necessary conditions ... -
Drivers of innovation of biofuel ethanol. A comparative analysis between the U.S. and Brazil.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)The United States remains dependent on energy sources derived from fossil fuels. The transportation system in particular is 98% dependent on oil. This overreliance on oil has raised concerns over the long term impact of ... -
The Dynamics of Innovation Networks along the Industry Life Cycle: The case of the Video Games Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-17)Innovation networks have attracted considerable attention in innovation studies but empirical analyses explaining their formation are still underdeveloped. The paper uses advanced statistical models to estimate the influence ... -
Dynamics of Innovation Systems for Sustainability: Implications from Case Studies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The dynamics of technological innovation system is expected to make a significant contribution to understanding the process of sustainable socio-technical changes. We discuss how different functions interact with each other ...