Modes of cooperative R & D commercialization by start-ups

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 835-864

  Aggarwal, Vikas A ^a   Hsu, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Entrepreneurship; Strategic alliances; Technology commercialization

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION MODES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION; MODE CHOICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; START-UPS; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 67650848431     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.765     Document Type: Article

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