Structures of Scientific Collaboration

by Wesley Shrum

Book Overview

How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences.

Collaboration among organizations is rapidly becoming common in scientific research as globalization and new communication technologies make it possible for researchers from different locations and institutions to work together on common projects. These scientific and technological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262195593
• ISBN13: 9780262195591
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher