Growing R&D collaboration of Japanese firms and policy implications for reforming the national innovation system

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-361

  Motohashi, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; National innovation system (NIS); New technology based firms (NTBFs); Start up firms; University industry collaborations (UICs)

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 47249160705     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116773     Document Type: Article

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