The role of inter-organizational relationships in the development of patents: A knowledge-based approach

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1329-1336

  Weck, Mona ^a   Blomqvist, Kirsimarja ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inter organizational relationships; Inventor; Knowledge; Patent; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIPS; CASE STUDIES; EUROPEAN; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); KNOWLEDGE-BASED (KB) APPROACH; NEW IDEAS; ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; TECHNOLOGY UNCERTAINTY; TELECOM (CO);

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 48749125417     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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