Making "Asymmetric" partnerships work

Research Technology Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Minshall, Tim ^a   Mortara, Letizia ^b   Valli, Robert ^c   Probert, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Technology Management   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Large firms; Open innovation; Partnerships; Start ups

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

LARGE FIRMS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; OPEN INNOVATION; PARTNERSHIPS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77952763779     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: 19300166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2010.11657631     Document Type: Article

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