Toward an integrative perspective on academic international cooperation:Dynamic view on social capital and knowledge attributes
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Chen, Chia-Yu
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out the factors that impact the academic international cooperation. Despite the fact that many studies explored the factors that led to success of enterprise international cooperation, few studies discussed the academic international cooperation. Besides, previous studies measured the effect of trust, relationship and knowledge attributes in static view, but in this study dynamic view would be adapted to analyze the transnational interaction between academic cooperation activities. Toward an integrative perspective on how social capital influence academic international cooperation and the co-evolution of social capital and knowledge attributes.
Based on the depth interview of nine experts having academic international cooperation experience, this study concludes that：(1) The academic will cooperate depending on the social capital, rather than contract; (2) Social capital will co-evolve and reinforce through cooperation; (3) Social capital will initiate continuous cooperation, but limit the selection of the partner; (4) complementary competence will increase the chance to cooperate, and the tacit knowledge will facilitate to cooperate.
Different from Previous studies which emphasize contract will reduce the opportunism in international cooperation, this studies found out that the uncertainty of international cooperation will make social capital more important. By integrative view, cooperation will also reinforce social capital. In addition, social capital will co-evolve with knowledge attributes.
Subjects
academic international cooperation
dynamic view
social capital
knowledge attribute
Type
thesis
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