Determinants of R&D cooperation in Japanese start-ups

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 728-738

  Okamuro, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Masatoshi ^a,b   Honjo, Yuji ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business partner; Founder; Human capital; R D cooperation; Start up; University

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PARTNERS; FOUNDER; HUMAN CAPITAL; START-UPS; UNIVERSITY;

EDUCATION; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79955917604     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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