Structural effects of R&D collaboration network on knowledge diffusion performance

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 8986-8992

  Kim, Hyukjoon ^a   Park, Yongtae ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knowledge diffusion; R D collaboration network; Scale free; Small world

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMIES; LITTLE RESEARCHES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; SCALE-FREE; SMALL-WORLD; SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EFFECTS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 60849136587     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.11.039     Document Type: Article

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