R&D collaboration by SMEs: New opportunities and limitations in the face of globalisation

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Narula, Rajneesh ^a,b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alliances; Collaboration; Outsourcing; SMEs; Technological paradigms

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER HARDWARE; OUTSOURCING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COLLABORATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCES; TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGMS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0347600731     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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