Striving Towards R&D Collaboration Performance: The Effect of Asymmetry, Trust and Contracting

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-383

  Hurmelinna, Pia ^a   Blomqvist, Kirsimarja ^b   Puumalainen, Kaisu ^a   Saarenketo, Sami ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TeliaSonera Chief Technology Office   (Finland)

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EID: 40349099619     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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