Bilateral collaboration and the emergence of innovation networks

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1051-1067

  Cowan, Robin ^a   Jonard, Nicolas ^b   Zimmermann, Jean Benoit ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Collaborative R D; Embeddedness; Innovation; Knowledge; Networks

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EMBEDDEDNESS; INFORMATION REGIME; POTENTIAL PARTNERS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 38549164780     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0618     Document Type: Article

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