Technological overlap and interfirm cooperation: Implications for the resource-based view of the firm

Research Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 507-523

  Mowery, David C ^a   Oxley, Joanne E ^b   Silverman, Brian S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Capabilities; Collaboration; Patents; Resource based

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000726252     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(98)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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