Determinants of successful R&D cooperation in Japanese small businesses: The impact of organizational and contractual characteristics

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1529-1544

  Okamuro, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contract; Cooperative R D; Project organization; Small and medium enterprise (SME); Small business

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PROJECT ORGANIZATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SME);

CONTRACTS;

EID: 36048948281     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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