R&D partnership-portfolios and the inflow of technological knowledge

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 507-537

  Frankort, Hans T W ^a   Hagedoorn, John ^b   Letterie, Wilko ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859065748     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtr045     Document Type: Article

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