Collaborative benefits and coordination costs: Learning and capability development in science

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-137

  Onal Vural, M ^a   Dahlander, Linus ^b   George, Gerard ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Invention; Knowledge; Scientific teams; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878668857     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1154     Document Type: Article

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