Cooperation in innovation activities: The importance of partners

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1082-1092

  De Faria, Pedro ^a   Lima, Francisco ^b   Santos, Rui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey; Cooperation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; COOPERATION; ESTIMATION RESULTS; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INNOVATION INVESTMENT; INNOVATION PROCESS; SELECTION MODEL;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77955426293     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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