Research Findings

Find information on recent SciSIP research. This list displays the most recently updated research at the top of the list.

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Jan 04, 2010 by Raghu Garud	The growing size of experiments leads to large collaborations with a greater division of labor and specialization The growing size of experiments in some fields, such as those in high energy physics, are increasingly leading to large collaborations with a greater...
Jan 04, 2010 by Donna Ginther	Innovation leads to entrepreneurship Innovation leads to entrepreneurship in both the academic and industry sectors. However, the effects for academics are more pronounced.
Jan 04, 2010 by Donna Ginther	Innovation is positively associated with academic entrepreneurship Innovation, measured by the number of patents granted and patents commercialized, is positively associated with academic entrepreneurship, which is...
Jan 04, 2010 by Leigh Jerome	Research-oriented social networks struggle to actively engage members in collaboration Research-oriented social networks struggle to actively engage members in collaboration.
Jan 04, 2010 by Leigh Jerome	Knowledge clusters within social networking sites Knowledge clusters within social networking sites offer targeted opportunities for experts to work together on specific problems.
Jan 04, 2010 by Diego Comin	Acceleration in technology adoption over two centuries Newer technologies have been adopted faster than older ones.
Jan 04, 2010 by Diego Comin	Technology adoption lags across countries Adoption lags are large – the average is about 47 years. There is, however, substantial variation in these lags, both across countries and across te...
Jan 04, 2010 by Diego Comin	Reduction of the technology adoption lags The growth "miracles" of Japan and the East Asian Tigers, though more than half a century apart, both coincided with a reduction of the technology ad...
Jan 04, 2010 by Diego Comin	Timing of adoption of new technologies accounts for some per capita income disparities After aggregating the implications of the estimated adoption lags for cross-country per capita income differentials, researchers determined that cro...
Jan 04, 2010 by Marilyn Brown	US leading in biofuels and neutron scattering from 2003 to 2006 Interviews with leading researchers and the analysis of publication data in the fields of biofuels and neutron scattering have revealed that the Unit...
Jan 04, 2010 by Susan Cozzens	US leads in biofuels and neutron scattering Interviews with leading researchers and the analysis of publication data in the fields of biofuels and neutron scattering have revealed that the Unit...
Jan 04, 2010 by Margaret Clements	University patents and knowledge diffusion: Modeling the complex system of university innovation Clements, Margaret M. (Nov.
Jan 04, 2010 by Marta Sales-Pardo	Modularity-landscape surveying Modularity-landscape surveying is a tool which can be used to identify nodes in networks which feature small amounts of overlap.
Jan 04, 2010 by Christian Schunn	Analogy leads to microconflict in scientific teams Creative teamwork, a longstanding interest of social and organizational psychologists, has become a topic of research for cognitive psychologists as...
Jan 04, 2010 by J Doyne Farmer	Relationship of photovoltaic energy and electricity Data from the United States shows that the price of retail electricity has remained constant with no clear increasing or decreasing trend, while the...