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Academic Rankings and Research Governance
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010
Academic rankings today are the backbone of research governance, which seem to fit the aims of "new public management" on the one side and the idea of the "republic of science" on the other side. Nevertheless rankings recently came under scrutiny. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168346
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Gender gaps and scientific productivity in middle-income countries : evidence from Mexico : prepared for the Institutions for Development Department
Rivera León, Lorena; Mairesse, Jacques; Cowan, Robin A. - 2017
This paper provides evidence of the existence and determinants of the publication productivity gender gap in Mexico at the individual level, and its consequences for the Mexican scientific system and productivity at both the individual discipline and the aggregate levels. The paper specifies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661298
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The economics of research, consulting, and teaching quality: Theory and evidence from a technical university
BIANCHINI, Stefano; LISSONI, Francesco; PEZZONI, Michele; … - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et … - 2014
cycle effects on incentives. Propositions from the model are tested against teaching evaluation data from a mid …
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Endogenous dynamic academic research culture
Jellal, Mohamed; Faria, Joao; Elaoufi, Noureddine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper models a dynamic scholar’s allocation of time between academia and professional activities outside academia, given the academic labor market and social interactions. The model shows how particularly in less developed countries business and political networks may have large negative...
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Career progress in centralized academic systems: Social capital and institutions in France and Italy
Pezzoni, Michele; Sterzi, Valerio; Lissoni, Francesco - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 4, pp. 704-719
We analyze the role of social capital in academic careers. We distinguish between ties with reputed scientists and laboratories (scientific and technical human capital) and ties with influential actors with respect to recruitment/promotion decisions (political capital). We use institution-wise...
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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (scientific) giants? : evidence from chemistry
Qiu, Shumin; Steinwender, Claudia; Azoulay, Pierre - 2023
it. In this manuscript, we study how fertile Chinese research is, as measured by citations. Using publication and … citation data for elite Chemistry researchers, we show that Chinese authored articles receive only half the citations from the … research, Chinese PIs' articles receive 28% fewer citations from US researchers. Our results imply that US researchers do not …
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Academic Rankings and Research Governance
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010
Academic rankings today are the backbone of research governance, which seem to fit the aims of "new public management" on the one side and the idea of the "republic of science" on the other side. Nevertheless rankings recently came under scrutiny. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519384
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Academic rankings and research governance
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
Academic rankings today are the backbone of research governance, which seem to fit the aims of “new public management” on the one side and the idea of the “republic of science” on the other side. Nevertheless rankings recently came under scrutiny. We discuss advantages and disadvantages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548321
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Career progress in centralized academic systems: social capital and institutions in France and Italy
Pezzoni, Michele; Sterzi, Valerio; Lissoni, Francesco - KITeS, Centre for Knowledge, Internationalization and … - 2009
Notions of social capital have loomed large in the literature on academic careers, but it has proved difficult to disentangle the various benefits social capital bring to individual scientists. Besides, most of the relevant literature is quite US-centric and provide little clues on how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683425
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How patent rights affect university science
Bergé, Laurent R.; Doherr, Thorsten; Hussinger, Katrin - 2022
How do intellectual property rights influence academic science? We investigate the consequences of the introduction of software patents in the U.S. on the publications of university researchers in the field of computer science. Difference-in-difference estimations reveal that software scientists...
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