Influences of return migration on international collaborative research networks: Cases of Japanese scientists returning from the US

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 616-634

  Murakami, Yukiko ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; International migration; Knowledge transfer; Networks; Scientists

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); REGIONAL PLANNING;

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; RETURN MIGRATIONS; SCIENTISTS; TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84903908912     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-013-9316-9     Document Type: Article

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