The Impact of Long-term Scientific Mobility on the Creation of Persistent Knowledge Networks

Mobilities

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 440-465

  Fontes, Margarida ^a   Videira, Pedro ^b   Calapez, Teresa ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; MOBILITY; RESEARCH; TRAINING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84880947750     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.655976     Document Type: Article

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