Responding to an inquiry from ScienceInsider, Cheng-Hong Chen, deputy minister of Taiwan's National Science Council wrote in an e-mail that their address format requirement has not hindered collaborations, with the number of papers with co-authors from China and Taiwan growing from 1035 in 2009 to 1207 in 2010.
A mentioned factor hindering collaboration between growers and suppliers is the inability to find a suitable partner.
Some factors that can be considered and evaluated in only particular contexts may hinder collaboration between various stakeholders in a crisis situation.
For instance, authors have illustrated the tendency for hierarchical relationships to hinder collaboration between professions [ 6].
On specific challenges that hinder collaboration, Dr. Sadik said UNICEF and UNFPA needed to work harder to instil women with a greater knowledge of their rights earlier in their lives.
"Silo" is a generally negative term for a cluster implying insularity, introspection and resistance to change; silos have been shown to hinder collaboration [ 4- 9].
A participant argued that patent count could hinder collaboration between institutions and researchers, and another that patentability is less important in translational research than in basic research.
A Canadian study found numerous factors hindering collaboration, which correspond to our findings: lack of resources, lack of training, time and incentives for collaboration, and inappropriate payment modes [ 39].
Using community, network, and organization/participants as the conceptual framework [ 18], this study yields findings that may help health policy makers and health care providers understand the difficulties that can hinder collaboration among hospitals and clinic physicians.
For instance, Rivard et al. [ 34] observe that physicians' medical dominance and the status and autonomy of other health professionals hinder collaboration and teamwork, and that this complicates EHR implementation.
