| Title: |
Drawbacks and benefits associated with inter-organizational collaboration along the discovery-development-delivery continuum: a cancer research network case study |
| Authors: |
Harris, Jenine K; Provan, Keith G; Johnson, Kimberly J; Leischow, Scott J |
| Publisher Information: |
BioMed Central Ltd. |
| Publication Year: |
2012 |
| Collection: |
BioMed Central |
| Subject Terms: |
Network analysis; Exponential random graph modeling; Cancer research; Translational research |
| Description: |
Background The scientific process around cancer research begins with scientific discovery, followed by development of interventions, and finally delivery of needed interventions to people with cancer. Numerous studies have identified substantial gaps between discovery and delivery in health research. Team science has been identified as a possible solution for closing the discovery to delivery gap; however, little is known about effective ways of collaborating within teams and across organizations. The purpose of this study was to determine benefits and drawbacks associated with organizational collaboration across the discovery-development-delivery research continuum. Methods Representatives of organizations working on cancer research across a state answered a survey about how they collaborated with other cancer research organizations in the state and what benefits and drawbacks they experienced while collaborating. We used exponential random graph modeling to determine the association between these benefits and drawbacks and the presence of a collaboration tie between any two network members. Results Different drawbacks and benefits were associated with discovery, development, and delivery collaborations. The only consistent association across all three was with the drawback of difficulty due to geographic differences, which was negatively associated with collaboration, indicating that those organizations that had collaborated were less likely to perceive a barrier related to geography. The benefit, enhanced access to other knowledge, was positive and significant in the development and delivery networks, indicating that collaborating organizations viewed improved knowledge exchange as a benefit of collaboration. ‘Acquisition of additional funding or other resources’ and ‘development of new tools and methods’ were negatively significantly related to collaboration in these networks. So, although improved knowledge access was an outcome of collaboration, more tangible outcomes were not being realized. In ... |
| Document Type: |
report |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/7/1/69 |
| Availability: |
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/7/1/69 |
| Rights: |
Copyright 2012 Harris et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EEC8972D |
| Database: |
BASE |