Firm size and cooperation: The determinants of cooperative agreements in information technology industries

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 3-30

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cooperative agreements; firm size; information technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041970916     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758521094     Document Type: Article

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