Many economists believe knowledge production generates positive spillovers among knowledge producers. The available evidence, however, is mixed. We argue that spillovers can exist along three dimensions: idea, geographic, and collaboration space. To isolate the key channel through which knowledge spills over, we use a unique data set to examine the impact of a large post-1992 exodus of Soviet m...

Social Aspects in Software Engineering was a joint event of the workshops “Software Engineering within Social Software Environments (SENSE)” and “Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing in Software Development Teams (SofTEAM)” that was held in conjunction with SE 2009 in Kaiserslautern on March 3rd. The full-day program covered issues of collaboration and knowledge exchange in the development of so...

fracture mapping of late permian-early triassic flat-lying sedimentary rocks in the sydney basin,new south wales, australia, shows that joints developed originally in extension were faulted in subsequentevents. joints with a regional distribution fall into two (early and late) formed groups. group i joints propagatedhorizontally and never interfered with each other. these joints were subsequent...

The subject of this report is a methodology for the transformation of (experimental) data into predictive models. We use a concrete example, drawn from the field of combustion chemistry, and examine the data in terms of precisely defined modes of scientific collaboration. The numerical methodology that we employ is founded on a combination of response surface technique and robust control theory...

In this paper, we present an ongoing research project aimed to determine the impact of co-financing on collaboration around patients with musculoskeletal disorders. A trial legislation that allows the social insurance, social services and health care services to unite in co-financing under joint political steering has been tested in different areas in Sweden. In a series of studies, we compare ...

Development teams apply various techniques to improve software reliability, such as veri cation and validation, reengineering, extra reviews, additional testing, and strategic assignment of personnel. Due to resource and time constraints, one must often target reliability enhancement activities to high-risk modules. Software quality models predict which modules should be targeted. This position...

Based on the critical case of ABB, this paper questions the relevance of using patents with multiple inventors from different countries (“cross-country patents”) as an indicator of international R&D collaboration. The study shows that less than half of ABB’s cross-country patents are the result of international R&D collaboration as described by one of the more inclusive definitions found in pre...

Tomasello et al.'s two prerequisites, we argue, are not sufficient to explain the emergence of Joint Collaboration. An adequate account must include the human-specific capacity to communicate relevant information (that may have initially evolved to ensure efficient cultural learning). This, together with understanding intentional actions, does provide sufficient preconditions for Joint Collabor...

Designing complex systems requires collaboration among multiple engineers who coordinate to plan tasks, cooperate to resolve dependencies, and co-construct to identify shared objectives and solutions. While collaboration technologies have been developed to date, few can help designers negotiate effectively and reach agreement efficiently. In this paper, we propose an argumentation based enginee...

This chapter presents results from the qualitative field study conducted in a Silicon Valley-based American-Polish start-up joint venture. It investigates the issues of collaboration within one firm that is made up of individuals from two countries that differ dramatically in generalized trust: Poland and the United States. The authors explore differences between thick, knowledge-based forms of...