Title: A complex network analysis of sustainable research partnerships; evidence from a developing country

Authors: Hongxing Yao; Evans Takyi Ankomah-Asare; Eyram Kojo Schwinger; Worlanyo Savior Akuamoah; Alex Boadi Dankyi

Addresses: School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China ' School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China ' Department of Mathematics, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana ' Faculty of Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China ' School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

Abstract: The discrete and continuous probability of co-author network sustainability was assessed based on modified Bass-SIR innovation diffusion models. The implications of industry and government funding of research partnership was empirically tested, using data from a specialised research institute. We conclude that development and sustainability of research partnerships is critically dependent on the formation of co-author research networks and their influence on author successes. Thus when research centres fail to maintain co-author networks and authoring rates, the research institutions that authors belong to will eventually become unproductive and likely to suffer partnership attrition.

Keywords: discrete SIR; continuous SIR; Bass-SIR; co-author networks; sustainability; triple helix; research partnerships.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2019.097131

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2019 Vol.10 No.1, pp.94 - 114

Received: 04 Jun 2018
Accepted: 20 Sep 2018
Published online: 21 Dec 2018 *

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