Firms' motivations for cooperative R&D: An empirical analysis of Spanish firms

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1289-1307

  Bayona, Cristina ^a   García Marco, Teresa ^a   Huerta, Emilio ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alliance formation; R D cooperation; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035478122     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(00)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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