How do collaborations with universities affect firms' innovative performance? The role of "Pasteur scientists" in the advanced materials field

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 756-764

  Baba, Yasunori ^a   Shichijo, Naohiro ^b   Sedita, Silvia Rita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADUA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced materials; Innovation; Pasteur scientists; Star scientists; University Industry collaborations

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; CORPORATE INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION PROCESS; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; LIFE SCIENCE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; PASTEUR SCIENTISTS; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS;

MATERIALS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 64049110813     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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