The low level of collaboration found for Asia coincides with previous studies where the region was confirmed as a nucleus of Public Health research [ 11].
Taking all three cases together, a great deal of variation is displayed in terms of the level of collaboration, providing a basis for fulfilling the third objective of this study: proposing a typology of collaboration.
We therefore shifted back and forth continually between analyzing the data, validating the indicators and evaluating the level of collaboration, while leaving room for the emergence of new units of meaning.
She concludes that this level of collaboration has the most potential for originality, but occurs least often because developing a common language is difficult.
"Our goal is to promote a high level of collaboration across disciplines and increase competitiveness for larger, [more] complex interdisciplinary grant opportunities," she says.
With each year that we've attended the Festival, the science has been more promising, the level of collaboration more inspiring, and the vision for the future more hopeful.
While a separate, unreported analysis of four passive intervention characteristics in this research – that is, experimental status of the care groups (pilot vs. non-pilot), care group size, diabetes care bundle price, and level of collaboration with specialists – demonstrated no significance for any of the studied outcomes, other factors could be of more relevance [ 5].
Decisions taken in one area have consequences for others, so a higher level of collaboration, transversality, and common objectives are needed in order to develop collaborative actions.
It also calls for a new level of collaboration between sales and marketing.
That level of collaboration is unusual, says former federal undersecretary for research Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, whom Zöllner charged with negotiating an alternative to the superuniversity.
