Commercialization and collaboration: competing policies in publicly funded stem cell research?
Advances in bibliometrics present new methods for analyzing emerging collaborative innovation models. These methods are illustrated by the Canadian Stem Cell Network, which fosters high-profile multidisciplinary, collaborative, international research. However, patenting negatively impacts collaboration patterns in published research. Policies directed at collaboration and commercialization may be in conflict, depending on the degree to which one activity is emphasized over the other.
Bubela
Tania
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Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2G3, Canada. tbubela@ualberta.ca
Strotmann
Andreas
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Adams
Rhiannon
R
Morrison
Shawn
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002170:Canada; D013234:Stem Cells