Effects of coordinated strategies on product and process R&D

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-222

  Cefis, Elena ^a,c   Rosenkranz, Stephanie ^b   Weitzel, Utz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Cost reduction; Efficiency; Innovation; Product differentiation; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749104792     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-008-0041-z     Document Type: Article

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