R&D boundaries of the firm: An estimation of the double-hurdle model on commissioned R&D, joint R&D, and licensing in Japan

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 583-615

  Nakamura, Kenta ^a   Odagiri, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capability; Double hurdle model; Firm boundaries; Joint R D; Licensing; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048940436     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859052000344697     Document Type: Article

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