TY - JOUR
T1 - Transnational science guanxi
T2 - a necessary, but insufficient, condition for Sino-Danish flows of knowledge, talent and capital in genetics
AU - Bertelsen, Rasmus Gjedssø
AU - Du, Xiangyun
AU - Søndergaard, Morten Karnøe
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Genetics is observed as a particularly active field of Sino-Danish science collaboration, brain circulation and funding. Explaining the level of activity of this scientific field is therefore valuable for understanding the conditions allowing such activity. This paper identifies Danish scientific excellence as a necessary, but insufficient, condition. This condition becomes sufficient together with another necessary, but insufficient, condition, which is Sino-Danish transnational science guanxi, or networks and acquaintanceship. This guanxi is based on the previous graduate studies of Chinese in Denmark, or brain circulation. The paper finds that brain circulation in the form of graduate students can have revolutionary long-term effects on Sino-Danish science collaboration and investments, exemplified in the location of Beijing Genomics Institute Europe in Copenhagen.
AB - Genetics is observed as a particularly active field of Sino-Danish science collaboration, brain circulation and funding. Explaining the level of activity of this scientific field is therefore valuable for understanding the conditions allowing such activity. This paper identifies Danish scientific excellence as a necessary, but insufficient, condition. This condition becomes sufficient together with another necessary, but insufficient, condition, which is Sino-Danish transnational science guanxi, or networks and acquaintanceship. This guanxi is based on the previous graduate studies of Chinese in Denmark, or brain circulation. The paper finds that brain circulation in the form of graduate students can have revolutionary long-term effects on Sino-Danish science collaboration and investments, exemplified in the location of Beijing Genomics Institute Europe in Copenhagen.
UR - http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=75742
U2 - 10.1504/IJBG.2016.075742
DO - 10.1504/IJBG.2016.075742
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1753-3627
VL - 16
SP - 228
EP - 244
JO - International Journal of Business and Globalisation
JF - International Journal of Business and Globalisation
IS - 3
ER -