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The adaptation of the cooperation structure to the research process and scientific performances in research groups

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A theoretical approach was developed to raising the effectivenes of research groups as adaptable systems. If performance is the aim of the research group, adaptation to the changing conditions in the research process has to be one of its essential principles underlying its development. Empirically it was shown that several independent components of the cooperation structure that were simultaneously adapted to different changing conditions exerted a strong influence on performance. There is the hypothesis that the principle of adaptation of cooperation structure can be generally extended to the adaptation of other group characteristics.

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Kretschmer, H. The adaptation of the cooperation structure to the research process and scientific performances in research groups. Scientometrics 12, 355–372 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016679

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