Alliances for scientific success

Exploratory Study Explaining the Causes for Success in Scientific Olympiads: A Multilevel Analysis with Different Units

Purpose: In this study, to discover the causes for the success of students and schools in scientific Olympiads with two separate analysis units, a minimal theoretical framework was set based on the coexistence of different analytical levels. Methodology: In this research, two strategies of Grounded Theory (GT) and comparative case study were used. The number of cases studied in both studies wa...

A Client’s Perspective of Critical Success Factors in Project Alliances

Project alliances have become an attractive option for delivering large, complex infrastructure construction projects in Australia. The development of relationships in cost competitive project alliances is central to performance and achievement of project objectives. Critical success factors in relationship development of alliance projects that improve performance were investigated. Conclusions...

Coordination and Success in Multidisciplinary Scientific Collaborations

The research enterprise increasingly involves multidisciplinary collaboration, sometimes over geographic distance. Technological advances have made these collaborations possible, and the history of past innovations suggests these collaborations are desirable. Yet multidisciplinary projects can carry high coordination costs. This study investigated how collaborations address disciplinary differe...

Can Online Deliberation Improve Politics? Scientific Foundations for Success

Straight from the source: Accounting for scientific success

How do highly cited scientists account for their success? A number of approaches have been used to explain scientific success, but none incorporates scientists’ own understandings, which are critical to a complete, process-oriented explanation. We remedy this oversight by incorporating scientists’ own descriptions of the value of their work, as reflected in essays written by authors of highly c...