The impact of information technology on academic scientists' productivity and collaboration patterns

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1439-1461

  Ding, Waverly W ^a   Levin, Sharon G ^b   Stephan, Paula E ^c   Winkler, Anne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gender; Innovation; Life sciences; Professional labor markets; Technology

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION PATTERNS; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM; GENDER; HISTORY DATA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (IT); LABOR FORCE; LIFE SCIENTISTS; LIFE-SCIENCES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROFESSIONAL LABORS; RANDOM SAMPLE; WOMEN SCIENTISTS;

BIOGRAPHIES; DIFFUSION; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956623147     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1195     Document Type: Article

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