The dynamics of R&D network in the IT industry

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 386-399

  Hanaki, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Nakajima, Ryo ^c   Ogura, Yoshiaki ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic networks; R D partnerships

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC NETWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLVING NETWORKS; IT INDUSTRY; NETWORK STRUCTURES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77949265990     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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