Investigating Collaborative R&D Using Patent Data: The Case Study of Robot Technology in Japan

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 305-323

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

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

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79960554111     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1536     Document Type: Article

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