Abreu, AntónioCalado, João Manuel FerreiraDias, Ana2019-04-232019-04-232018ABREU, António; CALADO, João Manuel Ferreira; DIAS, Ana – Performance indicators to support the governance of research networks. In 2018 3rd International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education. Aveiro, Portugal: IEEE, 2018. ISSN 2378-721X. Pp. 1-102378-721Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9878Research centres to be excellent, increasingly need to develop or add skills to respond quickly to challenges of Research and Development (R&D) with increasing complexity. In this context, the route passes through the promotion of R & D networks where predominates sharing/transfer of knowledge and resources. In this way, the development of performance indicators focused on collaboration can help those in charge of managing research centres in decision-making processes and in defining best strategies. Applying concepts of social network theory, this article presents a model that allows to evaluate the performance of R&D centres and research networks according to various perspectives.engResearch networksSocial network analysisOpen-innovationPerformance indicatorsOrganizational managementconference object