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The Relation Between Research and Development Project Performance and Technical Communication in a Developing Country---Afghanistan

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  • Yar M. Ebadi

    (College of Business Administration, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506)

  • David A. Dilts

    (College of Business Administration, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506)

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This study examines the effects of frequency and centrality of communication on research and development project success. The data used in this study are from 49 government funded R & D projects in Afghanistan during 1979. The results of the multivariate analyses show that frequency of communication is positively correlated with performance for mid and high performing groups, centrality or location of the project within the communications network is negatively related with project performance within the low performance category. The results are consistent with the evidence thus far obtained for developed countries. There appears to be little difference in the effects of centrality and frequency of communication on the performance between research and development projects. This result is not consistent with the available evidence for developed countries. The results of the regressions on the socio-metric data suggest age are negatively correlated with communication centrality. This is due to the particular circumstances found in 1979 in Afghanistan where the older scholars were typically trained in the region while the younger scholars were mostly Western trained. While conceptually this study is indebted to the research concerning developed countries, these results imply that caution is mandated in generalizing the given body of knowledge to developing countries.

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  • Yar M. Ebadi & David A. Dilts, 1986. "The Relation Between Research and Development Project Performance and Technical Communication in a Developing Country---Afghanistan," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(7), pages 822-830, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:32:y:1986:i:7:p:822-830
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.32.7.822
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    1. Scott A. Shane & Karl T. Ulrich, 2004. "50th Anniversary Article: Technological Innovation, Product Development, and Entrepreneurship in Management Science," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 50(2), pages 133-144, February.
    2. Agata Klaus-Rosińska & Joanna Iwko, 2023. "Success of research projects. Prediction and assessment from the point of view of project stakeholders thereby taking into account a sustainability approach," Operations Research and Decisions, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, vol. 33(4), pages 97-118.
    3. Ancona, Deborah G. (Deborah Gladstein). & Caldwell, David F., 1991. "Demography and design : predictors of new product team performance," Working papers 3236-91., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
    4. Ancona, Deborah G. (Deborah Gladstein). & Caldwell, David E., 1989. "Demography and design : predictors of new product team performance," Working papers 3078-89., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.

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