Title: The Concerted European Action on Magnets (CEAM): a prototype for international scientific collaboration?

Authors: J.M.D. Coey, I.V. Mitchell

Addresses: Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. ' Commission of the European Communities, DGXII, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract: More than sixty academic and industrial laboratories in 12 countries have joined in the Concerted European Action on Magnets, which has the goal of developing high-performance rare-earth iron permanent magnets in Europe. From the results of the collaboration it appears to be a useful model for management of informally-structured thematic research projects involving business and industry.

Keywords: high-performance magnets; novel materials; Concerted European Action on Magnets; CEAM; SCIENCE; organisational structure; voluntarist approach; international scientific collaboration; thematic research; university-industry collaboration; R&D; research and development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1991.025910

International Journal of Technology Management, 1991 Vol.6 No.5/6, pp.547 - 556

Published online: 25 May 2009 *

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