Examining partner experience in cross-sector collaborative projects focused on the commercialization of R&D

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-

  Couchman, Paul K ^a   Fulop, Liz ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Cross sector R D collaboration; Partner experience; Project management competence; Project success; Relational trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952687750     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.453.11.1.85     Document Type: Article

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