Do firms know the scope of their R&D network? an empirical investigation of the determinants of network awareness on french survey data

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-130

  Lhuillery, Stephane ^a   Pfister, Etienne ^b,c,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c Ministère de l'Enseignement Supé rieur et de la Recherche DGESIP DGRI SIES   (France)

^d Member of the College   (France)

Author keywords

Incomplete information; R D cooperation; Social network

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

FRANCE;

EID: 78650284897     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2010.528936     Document Type: Article

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