Information exchange and governance structures in U.S. and Japanese R&D consortia: Institutional and organizational influences

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-275

  Aldrich, Howard E ^a   Bolton, Michele Kremen ^a   Baker, Ted ^b   Sasaki, Toshihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Governance structures; Information exchange; Interflrm cooperation; National cooperative research act; R D consortia; Technology research associations; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INDUSTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; INFORMATION EXCHANGE; INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES; NATIONAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIA;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032139805     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.704249     Document Type: Article

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