interventions that seek to advance the knowledge-based economy, through research collaboration. …A knowledge-based economy thrives on constructed advantages generated through well-planned recursive interactions among … research collaboration as a critical and viable medium for the conduct of research and innovation geared towards economic …

understanding of collaboration as a social system has constrained social interactions, leading to limited knowledge production … collaboration an essential requisite for innovation. Thus, collaboration develops based on complex social networks from which … innovation emerges. From this perspective, collaboration takes a systematic approach, where social relationships are crucial …