Location, collocation and R&D alliances in the European ICT industry

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-403

  Narula, Rajneesh ^a   Santangelo, Grazia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alliances; Collocation; Knowledge flows; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCES; COLLOCATION; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES; ICT INDUSTRIES; INNOVATION THEORIES; INTERNATIONALISATION; KNOWLEDGE FLOWS; NETWORK THEORIES; OLIGOPOLISTIC INDUSTRIES; REGIONAL LEVELS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPATIAL PROXIMITIES; STRATEGY;

PROGRAMMING THEORY;

EID: 59849107842     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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