Is there complementarity or substitutability between internal and external R&D strategies?

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1072-1083

  Hagedoorn, John ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotechnology patents; Complementarity; External R D; Innovative output; Internal R D; Pharmaceutical industry; Substitutability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INNOVATIVE OUTPUT; MARGINAL RETURNS; PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC OPTIONS; SUBSTITUTABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84860214843     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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