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          Increasingly networks both within and between research organizations are the context in which important scientific and technological advances are conducted.  An explosion of research has occurred during the past ten years on inter-organizational networks (Alter and Hage 1993; Dussauge and Garrette 1999; Doz and Hamel 1998; Harbison and Pekar 1998; Häkansson 1990; Jorillo, 1993; Kogut, Shan and Walker 1993; Lundvall 1993; Meeus and Faber, 2006; O’Doherty 1995),

One of the main reasons for this is that networks play a critical role in providing access to or create various kinds of resources:  people, knowledge, equipment, and funds.  In particular networks connect differentiated areas of research or disciplines or scientific expertise.  The Center for Innovation is concentrating on the following four topics:

Ø      Knowledge networks as a key element of R&D

Ø      The nature of ties in networks, particularly those that are important for the passage of tacit knowledge

Ø      The effectiveness of networks, particularly at the technological sector level, as measured by radicalness of innovation, speed of development, and contributions to some national mission.

Ø      Developing a theory about appropriate types of network structure for specific kinds of research.

Current Research Projects include:

1. Studies of networks in NOAA

2. Studies of networks in Sandia National Laboratories

3. Study of inter-organizational network in Nicaragua.

Recent Research Reports include:

1.  Hage, Jerald. Changing Human Behavior in Developing Countries: A Model for Evaluating (with Valadez)  A book length manuscript.

2. Hage, Jerald, Jon Mote, Gretchen Jordan, and Yuko Kurashina. 2006. Perceptions of the STAR Research Environment: Kinds of Research and Kinds of Research Projects:  A Final Report. Report for STAR

Recent Conference Papers include

1. Mote, J.  New Directions in the Use of Network Analysis in R&D Evaluation.  Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR, October 2006. 

2. Mote, Jonathan, Gretchen Jordan, and Jerald Hage. 2006. "New Directions in the Use of Network Analysis in R&D Evaluation." Presented at the Atlanta Conference on Science and Technology Policy, Atlanta, GA, May 18-19.

3. Mote, Jonathan E. 2006. “Perceptions of the Research Environment: Examining the Role of Researchers’ Networks.” Presented at the 2006 Sunbelt International Social Network Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April.