e-Research Collaboration Theory, Techniques and Challenges

Research in both academic and non-academic circles has remained virtually identical in its conduct and organization over the last few decades. Disparate groups of researchers have worked on their ideas, projects and inventions in isolated clusters, with l

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e-Research Collaboration Theory, Techniques and Challenges

Editors Professor Murugan Anandarajan Drexel University Department of Management 32nd and Chestnut Sts Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA [email protected]

Professor Asokan Anandarajan New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Management Newark, NJ 07102-1982 USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-3-642-12256-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-12257-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12257-6 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010929803 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

Research in both academic and non-academic circles has remained virtually identical in its conduct and organization over the last few decades. Disparate groups of researchers have worked on their ideas, projects and inventions in isolated clusters, with little sharing of information and synergies from collaboration. The advent of social networks and Web technologies has led to the creation of new research networks that have dramatically reduced the barriers and obstacles to collaboration for researchers who are geographically and organizationally distant. Web technologies use broadband connections, improved browsers, and “rich” multimedia in concert with a new generation of websites that encouraged users to contribute to content. Blogs, forums, wikis, and other forms of user-generated content are, in many cases, the major source of content for these websites. The evolution of social networks began with the truly social networks of friends paving the way for business networks, which in turn led to the current research networks that connect academic and non-academic researchers across the world. Being much more robust than the original social networks and the business networks that followed, collaborative research networks have the potential to eventuate in technological advances, innovation, and economic contributions to both industry and nations. Currently, tens of thousands of researchers are using research networks, ushering

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