Scientific collaboration, in most cases, is seen as a joint action on a global scale that involves researchers from not just one region or one country but instead forming an international network of researchers. This type of epistemic communities builds up especially in the case of analytical modes of knowledge production. Rationales for a global science system are needs for complementary resou...

BACKGROUND Occupational health services (OHS) are often described as an important resource to reduce work-related diseases and improve the workplace. OBJECTIVE This paper identifies key factors for successful collaboration between Swedish OHS providers and their client companies. METHODS Interviews were carried out with representatives of 15 companies and their OHS providers. The interviews...

Process and outcome of a net-based collaboration between experts from different fields (advanced medical and psychology students) were analyzed. Confronted with a psychiatric case study, dyads were asked to jointly formulate a therapy plan using their complementary expertise. The goal of the study was to investigate the effects of technical realizations of a net-based collaboration on the colla...

Efficient project execution is an objective in many industries, and existing project management research gives direction about how project team factors influence two important capital project outcomes: time and cost. In addition, use of electronic collaboration (E-collaboration) technologies is essential for supporting projects. Combining a literature review with our empirical experience, we co...

The purpose of this thesis is to describe logistics collaboration in supply chains. During the past two decades, a new trend towards integration and collaboration in supply chains has been recognised among researchers as well as among business practitioners. This philosophy is called supply chain management and has received enormous attention in logistics research. Collaboration based on supply...

introduction: the articles indexed in accredited citation databases essentially indicate how scientists share knowledge and promote sustainable development in each country. therefore, according to citations to the papers of individuals, it could be possible to assess the rate of their acceptability in the scientific community. the main objective of this study was to review lotka's law of scient...

this investigation postulatesvygotsky’s (1978) concept of zone of proximal development (zpd) and his related “scaffolding” metaphor as well as norton’s (2006) principles of sociocultural identity as its theoretical foundation.thisresearchintends to scrutinizethe socioculturally-oriented mediationalmechanisms utilized in student-student and student-teacher collaborationsin an iranian efl writing...

BACKGROUND Primary care services have not generally been effective in meeting mental health care needs. There is evidence that collaboration between primary care and specialist mental health services can improve clinical and organisational outcomes. It is not clear however what factors enable or hinder effective collaboration. The objective of this study was to examine the factors that enable e...

background: influenced by several factors, c ollaboration among nurses is a complex and multifaceted process. considering constructive effects of this process, it is important to identify its motivational factors. this study aimed to investigate motivational factors for collaboration among nurses.   methods: the data were collected through unstructured and in-depth interviews with 18 purposivel...