Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study

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Autor(a) principal: Neto, Miguel de Castro
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Correia, Ana Maria R., Pinto, Pedro, Aguiar, José
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4053
Resumo: Paper presented at the 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 4-5 Sep. 2008. URL: http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2008/eckm08-home.htm
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spelling Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory studyKnowledge creationKnowledge sharingPortugalAgriculture R&DSocial network analysisPaper presented at the 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 4-5 Sep. 2008. URL: http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2008/eckm08-home.htmThere is growing interest in the nature and scale of scientific collaboration regarding the processes involved with knowledge creation and sharing. One of the possible approaches to developing metrics for this area of research is based on the idea that co-authorship creates a social network of researchers. We present an exploratory study using a social network approach to examine the structure and pattern of knowledge creation and sharing within a Portuguese research community, working in the agricultural field, over the last seven years. The members of this community are with the Instituto Nacional da Investigação Agrária (INIA) which recently became part of a newly created R&D State Laboratory, Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos (INRB), under the umbrella of the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture Rural Development and Fisheries. The social network analysis used data from an information system containing the results from all the scientific activities developed in the last seven years by the research community working in INIA. The information system was the major result of AGRO 444 - Development of an Information System for Knowledge and Innovation Discovery and Diffusion in the Agro-Rural Sector, a project funded by Measure 8.1 of Programa AGRO, one of the policy instruments of “3º Quadro Comunitário de Apoio” (Third European Framework Aid to Portugal, 2000-2006). From this data, a knowledge network was developed based on co-authorship patterns extracted from the information system, covering the period 2000-2006. This knowledge network supported the analysis of specific paths through which knowledge sharing occurred and by which knowledge capital was nurtured within the agricultural R&D activities of this institution. The present exploratory study is concerned with the creation and evolution of the network at the biggest research unit within INIA, the Estação Agronómica Nacional (EAN). Here, there are over 140 actors developing research activities in the following sub-domains: natural resources and environment; crops protection; eco-physiology, genetic resources and breeding; production technology; post-harvest technology; and agricultural economics, sociology and development. The study seeks to understand the evolutionary process and to analyse the network structure, showing how knowledge creation and transfer takes place within this unit. The identification of such networked co-authorship relationships may suggest ways to more effectively utilize knowledge capital and other resources. It is also expected that this approach could be used to analyse the remaining six INIA units.RUNNeto, Miguel de CastroCorreia, Ana Maria R.Pinto, PedroAguiar, José2010-08-10T14:01:38Z20082008-01-01T00:00:00Zconference objectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/4053eng978-1-906638-10-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:07:29Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/4053Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-05-22T17:07:29Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
title Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
spellingShingle Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
Neto, Miguel de Castro
Knowledge creation
Knowledge sharing
Portugal
Agriculture R&D
Social network analysis
title_short Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
title_full Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
title_fullStr Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
title_sort Social network analysis applied to knowledge creation and transfer in the portuguese agricultural R&D field: an exploratory study
author Neto, Miguel de Castro
author_facet Neto, Miguel de Castro
Correia, Ana Maria R.
Pinto, Pedro
Aguiar, José
author_role author
author2 Correia, Ana Maria R.
Pinto, Pedro
Aguiar, José
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Neto, Miguel de Castro
Correia, Ana Maria R.
Pinto, Pedro
Aguiar, José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Knowledge creation
Knowledge sharing
Portugal
Agriculture R&D
Social network analysis
topic Knowledge creation
Knowledge sharing
Portugal
Agriculture R&D
Social network analysis
description Paper presented at the 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 4-5 Sep. 2008. URL: http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2008/eckm08-home.htm
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