Development of practitioner guidelines for partnerships between start-ups and large firms

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-406

  Minshall, Tim ^a   Mortara, Letizia ^a   Elia, Stelios ^a   Probert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business formation; Knowledge transfer; Large enterprises; Partnership; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS FORMATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LARGE ENTERPRISES; PARTNERSHIP;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40549097097     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380810853803     Document Type: Article

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