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The business of research

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  • Henk F. Moed

    (Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University)

  • Marc Luwel

    (Science and Innovation Administration, Ministry of the Flemish Community)

Abstract

The discovery of that the growth dynamics of university research in the United States closely resembles that of business firms suggests that the peer review system may operate in the same way as market forces to ensure effective competition between scientists. This unexpected finding could mean that there is no need to make universities more business-like.

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  • Henk F. Moed & Marc Luwel, 1999. "The business of research," Nature, Nature, vol. 400(6743), pages 411-412, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:400:y:1999:i:6743:d:10.1038_22662
    DOI: 10.1038/22662
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    1. Luis A. N. Amaral & P. Gopikrishnan & Kaushik Matia & Vasiliki Plerou & H. E. Stanley, 2001. "Application of statistical physics methods and conceptsto the study of science & technology systems," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 51(1), pages 9-36, April.
    2. Amaral, L.A.N. & Gopikrishnan, P. & Plerou, V. & Stanley, H.E., 2001. "A model for the growth dynamics of economic organizations," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 299(1), pages 127-136.
    3. Frank Havemann & Michael Heinz & Roland Wagner-Döbler, 2004. "Growth dynamics of German university enrolments and of scientific disciplines in the 19th century: Scaling behaviour under weak competitive pressure," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 60(3), pages 283-294, August.

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