Alliance portfolios and patent output: The case of biotechnology alliances

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-401

  McGill, Joseph P ^a   Santoro, Michael D ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance portfolios; Collaborative process capability; Real options; Technology alliances; Technology strategy

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE PORTFOLIOS; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS CAPABILITY; REAL OPTIONS; TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FENCES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 68249147434     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2013835     Document Type: Article

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