Why do firms cooperate for innovation? A comparison of Austrian and finnish CIS3 results

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 200-229

  Dachs, Bernhard ^a   Ebersberger, Bernd ^b   Pyka, Andreas ^c  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; CIS3; Community innovation survey 3; Cooperation; Finland; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349091679     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2008.017577     Document Type: Article

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