Scale and performance in publicly funded collaborative research and development

R and D Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 494-513

  Spanos, Yiannis E ^a   Vonortas, Nicholas S ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867801750     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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