Based on data collected in June 2002, more than 30 biotechnology startup firms in 11 countries are pursuing commercial development of stem cell technology and therapeutic cloning. These firms employ 950-1000 scientists and support staff and spend just under $200 million on research and development each year. The field has the look and feel of a high-tech cottage industry, with about half the st...

INTRODUCTION This paper raises questions about equality in partnerships, since imbalance in partnerships may effect collaboration outcomes in integrated care. We address aspects of equality in mandatory, public-public partnerships, from the perspective of municipal care. We have developed a questionnaire wherein the Norwegian Coordination Reform is an illustrative example. The following researc...

North-South municipal partnerships that are based on practitioner-to-practitioner collaboration are explicitly concerned with joint learning and knowledge production for more effective practice. Such partnerships assume a principle of mutuality – northern and southern partners are both assumed to gain from them, whether in similar or different ways. Research suggests that the processes of learn...

BACKGROUND International partnerships in research are receiving ever greater attention, given that technology has diminished the restriction of geographical barriers with the effects of globalisation becoming more evident, and populations increasingly more mobile. DISCUSSION In this article, we examine the merits and risks of such collaboration even when strict universal ethical guidelines ar...

This chapter sets out the context for discussion of community-based research in this book. It explains concept and provides a rationale as to why time is ripe universities worldwide engage research. argues that recent developments threats humanity planet require concerted approach human development, enable people identify embrace sustainable, positive responses changing demands life. calls para...

BACKGROUND Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is an approach in which researchers and community stakeholders form equitable partnerships to tackle issues related to community health improvement and knowledge production. Our 2012 realist review of CBPR outcomes reported long-term effects that were touched upon but not fully explained in the retained literature. To further explore such...

Three recent research projects conducted by the Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia have found that leadership for effective partnerships around learning is a shared process where many people play a part. The most valuable outcome from partnerships where leadership is shared is the increased individual and community capacities to influence their own futures: better community ...

As globalization progressively connects and impacts the health of people across the world, collaborative research partnerships provide mutual advantages by sharing knowledge and resources to address locally and globally relevant scientific and public health questions. Partnerships undertaken for scientific research are similar to business collaborations in that they require attention to partner...