Cooperation-based innovators and peripheral cooperators: An empirical analysis of their characteristics and behavior

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-206

  Barge Gil, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cooperation; Innovation; R D; Sectoral differences; Size; Strategic decisions; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SMALLER FIRMS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 75349094056     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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