ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences: Interviews with Scientists in Industry, Universities and the National Health Service, 2005-2006 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6229</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> King, Z.<br>University of Reading. Business School <br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br>South East of England Development Agency<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> July 2009 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> King, Z., <i> Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences: Interviews with Scientists in Industry, Universities and the National Health Service, 2005-2006</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2009. SN: 6229, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6229-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Z. King </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 6229 . Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences: Interviews with Scientists in Industry, Universities and the National Health Service, 2005-2006<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>King, Z. , University of Reading. Business School </h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>King, Z. , University of Reading. Business School </h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br>South East of England Development Agency<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> RES-000-22-0867 </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This is a qualitative dataset.<br> <br> This study examined the human behaviour underpinning collaboration in the life sciences. It focused on collaboration between universities and industries; and regional collaboration. It sought to explain the incidence of knowledge production in terms of individual career factors and how organisational factors interact with the individual to determine innovation outcomes.<br> <br> Interviews were conducted with scientists in universities, industry (large and small firms and entrepreneurial ventures), and the National Health Service. Many of the academic and clinical scientists were leaders their field in areas relevant to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic and agrochemical industries and/or with clinical applications.<br> <br> Interviews focused on career background, scientific specialism, important collaborators, and particularly the role and relative contribution of the production of knowledge as evidence in patent applications. Questions also focused on interviewees' views of institutional frameworks within which collaborations unfold and on policy initiatives to promote collaboration, particularly localised collaboration.<br> <br> Further information about the study can be found at the project's <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Minisites/zellaking/index.html" title="Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences Project website">website</a> or ESRC funding <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-000-22-0867" title="Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences ESRC funding webpage">webpage</a>.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Collaboration, commercial, human resources,knowledge sharing, life sciences, policy, scientists, self-efficacy, technology, universities.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> April 2005 - March 2006 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> February 2005 - June 2006 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Great Britain <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Bradford; Brighton; Cambridge; Dundee; Glasgow; Guildford; London; Manchester; Nottingham; Oxford; Reading; Sheffield; Cambridgeshire; East Sussex; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Strathclyde; Surrey; Tayside; Yorkshire <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> No spatial unit <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Semi-structured interview transcripts </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Principal Investigators and other scientific researchers working in the life sciences and employed in British universities or British commercial entities (subsidiaries of international firms or British firms) </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Purposive selection/case studies <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 36 <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Not applicable </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 13 July 2009<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> Z. King</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>