The relationship between a firm's level of technological innovativeness and its pattern of partnership agreements

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-356

  Dutta, Shantanu ^a   Weiss, Allen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic and Foreign Interfirm Partnership Agreements; Patent Citations; Tacit Knowledge; Technological Innovativeness

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS; PATENT CITATIONS; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIVENESS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031099597     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.3.343     Document Type: Article

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