The effect of participation in government consortia on the R&D productivity of firms: A case study of robot technology in Japan

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 669-692

  Lechevalier, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Ikeda, Yukio ^b,d   Nishimura, Junichi ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b Maison Franco Japonaise   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaborative R D; Industrial policy; Japanese innovation system; Robot technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649388231     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590902872903     Document Type: Article

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