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Information-Sharing in Academia and the Industry: A Comparative Study
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Abstract
This paper investigates how scientists decide whether to share information with their colleagues or not. Detailed data on the decisions of 1,694 bio-scientists allow to detect similarities and differences between academia-based and industry-based scientists. Arguments from social capital theory are ... view more
This paper investigates how scientists decide whether to share information with their colleagues or not. Detailed data on the decisions of 1,694 bio-scientists allow to detect similarities and differences between academia-based and industry-based scientists. Arguments from social capital theory are applied to explain why individuals share information even at (temporary) personal cost. In both realms, the results suggest that the likelihood of sharing decreases with the competitive value of the requested information. Factors related to social capital, i.e., expected reciprocity and the extent to which a scientist's community conforms to the norm of open science, either directly affect information-sharing or moderate competitive interest considerations on information-sharing. The effect depends on the system to which a scientist belongs.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
IP protection mechanisms; bio-sciences; open science; reciprocity; social capital
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
53 p.
Series
RatSWD Working Paper Series, 154
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43613
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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