Andrea Schiffauerova

• phd
• Professor (Associate) at Concordia University

Relative to other renewable energy technologies, concentrated solar power (CSP) is only in the beginning phases of large-scale deployment. Its incorporation into national grids is steadily growing, with anticipation of its substantial contribution to the energy mix. A number of emerging economies are situated in areas that receive abundant amounts...

Star scientists are highly influential researchers who have made significant contributions to their field, gained widespread recognition, and often attracted substantial research funding. They are critical for the advancement of science and innovation, and they have a significant influence on the transfer of knowledge and technology to industry. Id...

The role of geographical proximity in facilitating inter-regional or inter-organizational collaborations has been studied thoroughly in recent years. However, the effect of geographical proximity on forming scientific collaborations at the individual level still needs to be addressed. Using publication data in the field of artificial intelligence f...

Scientific collaboration in almost every discipline is mainly driven by the need of sharing knowledge, expertise, and pooled resources. Science is becoming more complex which has encouraged scientists to involve more in collaborative research projects in order to better address the challenges. As a highly interdisciplinary field with a rapidly evol...

Early identification of emergent topics is of eminent importance due to their potential impacts on society. There are many methods for detecting emerging terms and topics, all with advantages and drawbacks. However, there is no consensus about the attributes and indicators of emergence. In this study, we evaluate emerging topic detection in the fie...

Scientific collaboration in almost every discipline is mainly driven by the need of sharing knowledge, expertise, and pooled resources. Science is becoming more complex which has encouraged scientists to involve more in collaborative research projects in order to better address the challenges. As a highly interdisciplinary field with a rapidly evol...

Gender disparity in science is one of the most focused debating points among authorities and the scientific community. Over the last few decades, numerous initiatives have endeavored to accelerate gender equity in academia and research society. However, despite the ongoing efforts, gaps persist across the world, and more measures need to be taken....

Gender equality is one of the primary dimensions of responsible research and innovation. Based on bibliometric and survey data of nanotechnology researchers in Canada, this paper analyzes the reward system of science in terms of gender and gender-related institutional cultures. This study reveals that the scientific culture of nanotechnology was pe...

The rapid growth of healthcare data in recent years calls for more advanced and efficient analytic techniques. Artificial intelligence facilitates finding insightful patterns in massive high-dimensional data. Considering the latest movements towards using machine learning and deep learning techniques in the medical domain, in this study, we focused...

Incorporating existing knowledge is vital for innovating, discovering, and generating new ideas. Knowledge production through research and invention is the key to scientific and technological development. As an emerging technology, nanotechnology has already proved its great potential for the global economy, attracting considerable federal investme...

Gender disparity in science is one of the most focused debating points among authorities and the scientific community. Over the last few decades, numerous initiatives have endeavored to accelerate gender equity in academia and research society. However, despite the ongoing efforts, gaps persist across the world, and more measures need to be taken....

This study provides a cross-dimensional analysis of two equity concerns related to Canadian nanotechnology, investigating the relationship between the development of nanotechnology applications that benefit the poor and the gender gap in the scientific workforce. Many affluent countries, like Canada, aspire to use R&D to reduce inequality in both e...

Research and development activities are regarded as one of the most influencing factors of the future of a country. Large investments in research can yield a tremendous outcome in terms of a country’s overall wealth and strength. However, public financial resources of countries are often limited which calls for a wise and targeted investment. Scien...

Policymakers and scholars are increasingly concerned with how nanotechnology can reduce inequalities and provide benefits for disadvantaged and poor communities. This paper simultaneously addresses two concerns related to nanotechnology and equity: the lack of research and development focused on nanotechnology applications that benefit developing n...

The objective of this work is to investigate the role of individual scientists and their collaborations in knowledge creation networks. In order to study the networks in their dynamic context, an agent-based simulation model is developed using real data based on the Canadian biotechnology publications. We observe that while the repetitiveness of th...

Collaboration is a major factor in the knowledge and innovation creation in emerging science-driven industries where the technology is rapidly changing and constantly evolving, such as nanotechnology. The objective of this work is to investigate the role of individual scientists and their collaborations in enhancing the knowledge flows, and consequ...

Despite recent efforts toward gender equality in scientific communities, female researchers are still underrepresented in some scientific areas/careers. Several factors can explain this gender disparity including different scientific activities patterns. This paper investigates the possibility of predicting the gender of a researcher based on scien...

Big Data, as an evolving topic, has recently not only attracted the information technology scientists' attention but also other researchers' of different backgrounds and in a diverse set of the scientific domains. Thanks to the recent progress in information technology and data storage, large-scale data is available about various research problems...

Priority setting is a decision-making process concerning the distribution of resources. The imbalance between allocated resources and public demand for health services as well as the inherent complexity of healthcare institutions are making priority setting one of the most challenging health management issues. Nevertheless, the priority setting pro...

Funding is one of the crucial drivers of scientific activities. The increasing number of researchers and the limited financial resources have caused a tight competition among scientists to secure research funding. On the other side, it is now even harder for funding allocation organizations to select the most proper researchers. Number of publicati...

This paper analyzes the impact of several influencing factors on scientific production of researchers. Time related statistical models for the period of 1996 to 2010 are estimated to assess the impact of research funding and other determinant factors on the quantity and quality of the scientific output of individual funded researchers in Canadian n...

It was after the Second World War (WWII) when several developed countries started to devote more financial resources to research and development (R&D). Nowadays, large amount of money is being invested annually in R&D activities to foster scientific development. Scientists publish their results in the form of scientific papers to secure their prior...

This paper presents cross-country comparisons between Canada and the United States in terms of the impact of public grants and scientific collaborations on subsequent nanotechnology-related publications. In this study we present the varying involvement of academic researchers and government funding to capture the influence of funded research in ord...

Funding has been viewed in the literature as one of the main determinants of scientific activities. Also, at an individual level, securing funding is one of the most important factors for a researcher, enabling him/her to carry out research projects. However, not everyone is successful in obtaining the necessary funds. The main objective of this wo...

Novelty of nanotechnology and its invaluable application in almost all fields makes innovation in this sector an interest for many countries, including Canada and the United States. The collaboration between academia and industry is considered to be particularly beneficial in nanotechnology, as it is an emerging field where the science is interdisc...

The increasing number of researchers and the limited financial resources has caused a tight competition among scientists to secure research funding. On the other side, it has become even harder for funding allocation organizations to evaluate the performance of researchers and select the best candidates. However, it seems that the current evaluatio...

The modern science has become more complex and interdisciplinary in its nature which might encourage researchers to be more collaborative and get engaged in larger collaboration networks. Various aspects of collaboration networks have been examined so far to detect the most determinant factors in knowledge creation and scientific production. One of...

This paper investigates the impact of funding on scientific production of the researchers affiliated with the top Ten Canadian Universities. NSERC funding data in the period of 1996-2010 is considered, and the numbers of published articles in one-year and three-year time windows are counted as the proxy for the scientific production. In addition, w...

Every year, a considerable amount of money is being invested on research, mainly in the form of funding allocated to universities and research institutes. To better distribute the available funds and to set the most proper R&D investment strategies for the future, evaluation of the productivity of the funded researchers and the impact of such fundi...

Scientific collaboration is one of the substantial drivers of research progress that may lead researchers to generate novel ideas. Scientists may present such new thoughts in high quality journal publications or in the form of technology advances. There are several studies that examined collaboration networks or impact of network variables on scien...

This document critically reviews the papers that investigated the impact of funding on scientific output and on scientific collaboration. For the output, the focus is on the number of articles as a measure of the scientific productivity and the number of citations that a paper received as an indicator of the quality. Various methodological approach...

This work aims to investigate the role of individual scientists and their collaborations in enhancing the innovative performance of the Canadian nanotechnology innovation network. The study uses real data that consists of all the journal articles in nanotechnology field published within 1980-2012 by the authors affiliated to Canadian institutions,...

Many of the novel ideas that lead to scientific publications or yield technological advances are the result of collaborations among scientists or inventors. Although various aspects of collaboration networks have been examined, the impact of many network characteristics on knowledge creation and innovation production remains unclear due to the inco...

It has been rarely attempted to capture the holistic characteristics of successful organizational innovation in one model. The main objective of this paper is to develop a generic formal model which depicts the successful organizational innovation process. The developed model covers two aspects of innovation: the innovation process and the organiza...

In this paper, we examine biotechnology innovation in Canada. We make a profile description of Canadian biotechnology in the 12 most important agglomerations in terms of patenting quality and quantity, the nature of biotechnology activities, the properties of the assignees and their propensity to collaborate. The analysis of patent-owning organisat...

Biotechnology is a disruptive technology with broad application potential in various segments, including health, chemical and pharmaceutical, agriculture, environment, textile and energy. Since biotechnology holds a great promise for reducing processing costs, enhancing efficiency and developing new products and applications, this groundbreaking te...

Enterprises tend to depend on various legacy applications in supporting their business strategies and in achieving their goals. In order for an enterprise to be efficient and cost-effective, their legacy applications should be seamlessly integrated within and beyond the enterprise. Some research work in enterprise applications integrations (EAI) an...

Innovation is a critical ingredient of today's organizations. Innovativeness helps organizations to maintain their success and position in the market. Numerous research studies examine the factors that impact successful organizational innovation, for example organizational learning capability, organizational structure, etc. Product Lifecycle Manage...

In today's highly competitive environment, addressing product management throughout its lifecycle in a more comprehensive way has become a necessity. A lot of attention has been paid to the decisions taken within the early stages of product development, which can have a great effect on the entire product life. Knowledge provides a firm with valuabl...

The paper studies the network of Canadian biotechnology co-inventors and compares the structure of the links between inventors within, and outside of, the cluster. Two types of proximity between individuals are compared: within cluster co-invention refers to geographical proximity while co-patenting links (network component) represent social proxim...

In this study we explore the patent ownership for the innovations created by Canadian nanotechnology inventors. We find that although there is a great innovative potential and inventive productivity among Canadian researchers, a lot of the intellectual property actually leaves the country: Around 50% of the nanotechnology patents invented by Canadi...

This article studies the impact of collaboration and co-inventorship network characteristics of Canadian nanotechnology inventors on the quality of their inventions. We investigate the impact of four types of variables on patent quality, using the number of claims as a proxy for quality: (a) the presence of highly central inventors; (b) the presenc...

This paper identifies the prominent inventors (star scientists) in the Canadian biotechnology co-inventorship network by taking into consideration either only patent quantity or both patent quantity and quality. The paper studies the positions of these stars in the network structure and results show that inventors with a higher number of patents as...

Organizations tend to depend on their various legacy applications in supporting their business strategies and in achieving goals. The existing legacy applications are often from different vendors. In order for an enterprise to be efficient and cost-effective, their legacy applications should be seamlessly integrated within and beyond the enterprise...

The performance of new product development (NPD) is greatly affected by communication strategy and the information technology tools used to support the strategy. A number of users of NPD processes claim that an adequate communication strategy decreases their product cycle time and cost. However, the problem with evaluating the impact of information...

This article studies innovation in Canadian nanotechnology clusters and networks using data from the intersection of the Nanobank database for Canadian inventors with that obtained from a search strategy modified from Porter et al. (2006). Using this selection of patents, we identify, analyze and characterize 8 Canadian nanotechnology clusters. We...

A large amount of literature provides empirical evidence in support of Marshall or Jacobs theories regarding the specialization or diversity effects on the economic performance of regions. This paper surveys these scholarly contributions and summarizes their results according to their similarities and differences. The reviewed empirical work presen...

This paper investigates the importance of the collaboration and social networks of inventors on the innovation generation in Canadian nanotechnology. Using information contained in 1443 nanotechnology patents of 1968 inventors we construct the Canadian nanotechnology innovation network and describe the collaborative behaviour of inventors. We find...

This paper studies the importance of collaboration networks for the innovation creation in Canadian biotechnology. Using information contained in 3550 biotechnology patents of 4569 inventors we construct Canadian biotechnology innovation network and describe the collaborative behaviour of the inventors. We find that most of the collaborative activi...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to present results of the study of the quality costing practices at four large successful multinational companies. Design/methodology/approach – The method of benchmarking was used for the purpose of this study. Company representatives, who were invited for a benchmarking session, described the quality mana...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a survey of published literature about various quality costing approaches and reports of their success in order to provide a better understanding of cost of quality (CoQ) methods. Design/methodology/approach – The paper's approach is a literature review and discussion of the issues surrounding quality costing a...