Costs and benefits of inter-departmental innovation collaboration

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-575

  Cuijpers, Maarten ^a   Guenter, Hannes ^a   Hussinger, Katrin ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; Inter departmental innovation collaboration; Project delay; Project termination

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION COSTS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; GERMAN MANUFACTURING; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION PROJECTS; INTER-DEPARTMENTAL INNOVATION COLLABORATION; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION; PROCESS INNOVATION; PROJECT DELAY; PROJECT DELAYS; PROJECT TERMINATION;

DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRY;

COSTS;

EID: 79953234439     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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