The role of ethnic ties in international collaboration: The overseas Chinese phenomenon

Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 427-436

  Jin, Bihui ^a   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c   Suttmeier, Richard P ^d   Cao, Cong ^d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic collaboration index (ECI); Ethnic ties; Government policy; International collaboration; Knowledge transfer; Overseas Chinese scholars

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

ETHNIC COLLABORATION INDEX (ECI); ETHNIC TIES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; OVERSEAS CHINESE SCHOLARS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 84902214460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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