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17.3.4 Global collaboration
Globalization enabled partially by digital technology has changed the
landscape of research collaboration. Collaboration at the global scale has
been vital for the solutions of many challenges, such as climatechange,
poverty, and sustainability. While these challenges have their manifestations
locally, they have global impacts. For example, companies seeking to
maximize their prots may move their manufacturing lines to places
with lower labor costs, and create development as well as pollution there.
Some pollution can affect global regions. Global ...