Corporate strategic technological partnerships in the European information and communications technology industry

Research Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1015-1031

  Santangelo, Grazia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Co ordinated learning vs. exchange of knowledge; European ICT industry; Strategic technological partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009909457     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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