Do research institutes benefit from their network positions in research collaboration networks with industries or/and universities?

Technovation

Volumn 94-95, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Chen, Kaihua ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^c   Zhu, Guilong ^d   Mu, Rongping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral trilateral collaboration networks; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Network position; Research institutes; Scientific performance

Indexed keywords

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; COLLABORATION NETWORK; INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; INTERORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 85036522238     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2017.10.005     Document Type: Article

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