Proximity effects on the dynamics and outcomes of scientific collaborations

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1469-1485

  Kabo, Felichism W ^a   Cotton Nessler, Natalie ^c   Hwang, Yongha ^a   Levenstein, Margaret C ^a,b   Owen Smith, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration formation; Collaboration success; Functional proximity; Path overlap; Social networks; Spatial networks

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COLLABORATION FORMATION; COLLABORATION SUCCESS; FUNCTIONAL PROXIMITY; PATH OVERLAP; SPATIAL NETWORK;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84906951084     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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