Powering Innovation: How High-Performance Computing Platform Revolutionizes University Research.
High-performance computing platforms (HPCP) serve as a critical component of institutional research infrastructure at universities, enhancing innovation efficiency. However, there is an absence of empirical research quantifying their impacts. Acknowledging this void, a difference-in-differences (DID...
| Published in: | Evaluation Review Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 55 - 89 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Feb2026
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