Fishing upstream: Firm innovation strategy and university research alliances

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 930-948

  Bercovitz, Janet E L ^a   Feldman, Maryann P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational learning; R D strategic alliances; University industry technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES;

INNOVATION;

EID: 34548445016     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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