When birds of a feather don't flock together: Different scientists and the roles they play in biotech R&D alliances

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 595-612

  Subramanian, Annapoornima M ^a   Lim, Kwanghui ^b   Soh, Pek Hooi ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bridging scientists; Patents; Publications; R D alliances; Scientific human capital

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

BRIDGING SCIENTISTS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN CAPITALS; PATENTS; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH OUTPUTS; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84875217661     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.12.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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