R&D cooperation and failures in innovation projects: Empirical evidence from French CIS data

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Lhuillery, Stéphane ^a   Pfister, Etienne ^b,c,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Ministère de l'Education nationale de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d de la Consommation et de la R   (France)

Author keywords

Competitors; Failure; IPR; R D cooperation; University

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC REACTORS;

APPROPRIABILITY; COMPETITORS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; FAILURE; INNOVATION PROJECTS; IPR; PUBLIC RESEARCHES; SAMPLE SELECTIONS; UNIVERSITY;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 57849092083     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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