| E-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Anandarajan, Murugan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642430333 ISBN-13: 9783642430336 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Information Management - Computers | Management Information Systems |
| Dewey: 330 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 326 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Researchinbothacademicandnon-academiccircleshasremainedvirtuallyiden- calinitsconductandorganizationoverthelastfewdecades. Disparategroupsof researchershaveworkedontheirideas, projectsandinventionsinisolatedclusters, withlittlesharingofinformationandsynergiesfromcollaboration. Theadventof social networks and Web technologies has led to the creation of new research networksthathavedramaticallyreducedthebarriersandobstaclestocollaboration forresearcherswhoaregeographicallyandorganizationallydistant. Webtechnologiesusebroadbandconnections, improvedbrowsers, and rich multimediainconcertwithanewgenerationofwebsitesthatencouragedusersto contribute to content. Blogs, forums, wikis, and other forms of user-generated contentare, inmanycases, themajorsourceofcontentforthesewebsites. Theevolutionofsocialnetworksbeganwiththetrulysocialnetworksoffriends pavingthewayforbusinessnetworks, whichinturnledtothecurrentresearch networksthatconnectacademicandnon-academicresearchersacrosstheworld. Beingmuchmorerobustthantheoriginalsocialnetworksandthebusinessn- worksthatfollowed, collaborativeresearchnetworkshavethepotentialtoeven- ate in technological advances, innovation, and economic contributions to both industryandnations. Currently, tensofthousandsofresearchersareusingresearchnetworks, ushering in a new paradigm for research. In this paradigm, collaboration is made much easier, andsharingofresearchknowledgeisinstant. Synergiesfromroutinecoll- oration will yield huge advances in research productivity and innovation. The challengeforadministratorsinbothindustryandacademiaistounderstandhow researchnetworksarechangingthepracticeofresearchandtodecidehowbestto embracesuchtechnologiesandusethemtotheirbestadvantage. v . Contents PartI e-ResearchCollaboration: Theory AnOverviewofe-ResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 SocialNetworksandResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 WebTechnologies, SocialNetworksande-ResearchCollaboration. . . . . . . . . 6 4 AnOverviewofThisBook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 PartOne: e-ResearchCollaboration: Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 PartTwo: e-ResearchCollaboration: Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 PartThree: e-ResearchCollaboration: Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 AnAnatomyofCollaborationWithintheOnlineEnvironment . . . . . . . . 15 1 IntroductiontoCollaborationTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 De?ningCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1 Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 2 Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3 Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 EssentialElementsofCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 1 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 2 TrustandRespect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. 3 EqualityandPower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. 4 StrategicAlliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3. 5 IncentiveandValue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 6 Negotiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 7 Inter-organisationalKnowledgeSharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 vii viii Contents 4 ComparisonofCooperation, CoordinationandCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5 PracticalImplicationsforCollaborationTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Time, PlaceandCyberspace: FoundationsforSuccessful e-ResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2 Context: RoleofCommunicationinCollaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3 Methodology: CaseStudyofDigitalHumanitiesCommunity. . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4 Findings: e-ResearchCommunicationTools, UsesandDrawbacks. . . . . . . . 40 5 ImplicationsofResearchResults: FindingtheBalance Betweene-ResearchToolsandIn-personCommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 6 ConclusionsandRecommendationsforGlobalResearchTeams. . . . . . . . . . 46 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 GapsandBridgesinInterdisciplinaryKnowledgeIntegration . . . . . . . . 49 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 2 KnowledgeIntegrationWithinandBeyondEpistemicCultures. . . . . . . . . . . 51 3 ThePuzzleofInterdisciplinaryKnowledgeIntegration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 4 ResearchApproach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5 COMDEV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 6 CollaborationGapsandBridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
