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Does technology affect network structure? - A quantitative analysis of collaborative research projects in two specific EU programmes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the structure and topology of collaborative research networks in the telecommunications and the agro-industrial industry in two specific programs of the 4th EU Framework Programme.
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Abstract: The promotion of collaborative R&D through Framework Programmes is a top priority of European RTD policy However, despite the considerable sums involved, surprisingly little is known about the structure of the resulting research networks Arguing that the underlying technological regime critically affects the structure of collaborative R&D, this article examines the structure and topology of collaborative research networks in the telecommunications and the agro-industrial industry in two specific programmes of the 4th EU Framework Programme We find systematic differences which we attribute to differences in the underlying knowledge base, the research trajectories pursued in EU-funded R&D and the organisation of knowledge production in the two industries As expected on the basis of prior research, we show that collaborative research projects involve a larger number of partners and require greater funding in the telecommunications industry, and that actors from science are positioned more prominently in the agro-industrial collaborative R&D network Contrary to expectations, we find fewer and less intense interactions between science and industry in the agro-industrial industry We provide a tentative explanation for this result and discuss policy implications
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