| Abstract: |
Scientists display heterogeneous profiles regarding the focus of their
knowledge production activities, their collaboration strategies and their
outcomes. Despite increasing interests on research collaboration, little is
known about how scientists mobilize their research network. In their knowledge
creation efforts, scientists collaborate with colleagues from both academia
and industry. These collaborations, leading or not to co-authorship, allow
scientists to access to a number of research resources. The objective of this
study is to explore whether and how knowledge production across the four
Stokes’ quadrants (different focus on fundamental understandings and on
immediate industrial and social application) is associated with specific modes
of mobilizing research resources. This study examines empirically the
relationship between scientific knowledge production, research resources and
collaboration networks, using bibliometric and survey data on 116 scientists
active in biotechnology in the Netherlands. Our results suggest that different
knowledge creation objectives and outcomes are associated with particular ways
of activating the network, and mobilize it to access specific research
resources. |