A complex network analysis of sustainable research partnerships; evidence from a developing country

Hongxing Yao, Evans Takyi Ankomah-Asare, Eyram Kojo Schwinger, Worlanyo Savior Akuamoah and Alex Boadi Dankyi

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 94-114

Abstract: The discrete and continuous probability of co-author network sustainability was assessed based on modified Bass-SIR innovation diffusion models. The implications of industry and government funding of research partnership was empirically tested, using data from a specialised research institute. We conclude that development and sustainability of research partnerships is critically dependent on the formation of co-author research networks and their influence on author successes. Thus when research centres fail to maintain co-author networks and authoring rates, the research institutions that authors belong to will eventually become unproductive and likely to suffer partnership attrition.

Keywords: discrete SIR; continuous SIR; Bass-SIR; co-author networks; sustainability; triple helix; research partnerships. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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