Navel gazing: Academic inbreeding and scientific productivity

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-429

  Horta, Hugo ^a,b   Veloso, Francisco M ^b,c   Grediaga, Ŕcio ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Education systems; Organizational studies; Productivity; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION SYSTEMS; FACULTY MEMBERS; ME-XICO; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; OUTREACH ACTIVITY; POLICY MAKERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT; SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT;

PRODUCTIVITY; TEACHING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77949560877     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1109     Document Type: Article

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