This paper is concerned with the structural and cultural characteristics of research
organizations that influence the making of major discoveries in twentieth-century biomedical …

" This paper is a small part of a much larger historical and cross-national research agenda in
which the author has been engaged for more than a decade. The agenda has confronted …

Dramatic changes in the practice of scientific research over the past half century, including
trends towards working in teams and on large projects, as well as geographically distributed …

The increasing intertwining of academic and commercial research networks has led to
fundamental changes in the organization of modern science. Industry links not only affect the …

The level of paradigm development—technical certainty and consensus—characterizing a
field of study has numerous consequences for the social organization and operation of that …

Changes brought by the rise of the global economy and the end of the Cold War era have
resulted in industry, government, and university rethinking their roles vis-à-vis research and …

What environmental factors stimulate and maintain research productivity? To answer this
question, the authors conducted an extensive review of articles and books on research …

Increasing magnitude and complexity pose major difficulties for the administration of
scientific and technological endeavors. Traditional methods of administration frequently are …

This article contributes to the debate about rigor and relevance in management and
organization research. The contribution derives from an empirical inquiry into the view of the …

We draw on diverse data sets to compare the institutional organization of upstream life
science research across the United States and Europe. Understanding cross-national …