Managing risk in cross-sector R and D collaborations: Lessons from an international case study

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-167

  Couchman, Paul K ^a   Fulop, Liz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Commercialization; Credible commitments; R and D; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3142772108     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0810902042000218346     Document Type: Article

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