Effect and limit of the government role in spurring technology spillover - A case of R&D consortia by the Japanese government

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-420

  Watanabe, C ^a   Kishioka, M ^b,c   Nagamatsu, A ^a  

^a Department of Industrial Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^b Kishioka Research Associates   (Japan)

^c Techno Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

MITI's industrial technology policy; R D consortia; Technology spillover; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

MITI'S INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY POLICY; R&D CONSORTIA; TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVER; TRANSLOG COST FUNCTION;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTEROPERABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842479884     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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