Knowledge specialization in ph.D. Student groups

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-67

  Conti, Annamaria ^a   Denas, Olgert ^b   Visentin, Fabiana ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Group organization; knowledge; Ph.D. students; productivity; research output; specialization

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION COST; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; KNOWLEDGE; LATENT DIRICHLET ALLOCATION; PRODUCTIVITY GAIN; RESEARCH INTERESTS; RESEARCH OUTPUTS; SPECIALIZATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84893736840     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2013.2283039     Document Type: Article

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