Co-operative R&D: Why and with whom? An integrated framework of analysis

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1481-1499

  Miotti, Luis ^a   Sachwald, Frédérique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Responsable du Programme Russie/Nei   (France)

Author keywords

Co operation; European R D consortia; Innovation; R D partnerships; Resource based theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042631434     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00159-2     Document Type: Article

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