Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
6
CONSISTENT PATTERNS IN LARGE-
SCALE COLLABORATION
ROBIN W. SPENCER
6.1
Introduction 99
6.2
Background 100
6.3
The Long Tail of Collaboration 101
6.4
Value of an Idea 103
6.5
Communities? 106
6.6
Motivation and Sustainability 107
6.7
Collaborative Evaluation 108
6.8
Conclusions 110
References 110
6.1
INTRODUCTION
No one will dispute the motivation for this topic: Without signifi cant change
in the rate of new drug approvals over decades [1] despite steeply rising
expenditure and knowledge, no stone should be left unturned as we seek
higher productivity in health care. Now that the Internet and storage technolo-
gies have reduced the costs of moving and storing information by orders of
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