Technological proximity and the choice of cooperation partner

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-65

  Cantner, Uwe ^a   Meder, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Innovation; Organizational know how; Resource based view of the firm; Technological proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249001671     PISSN: 1860711X     EISSN: 18607128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11403-007-0018-y     Document Type: Article

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