Competition and R&D cooperation with universities and competitors

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 768-787

  Bolli, Thomas ^a   Woerter, Martin ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Horizontal cooperation; Innovation cooperation; Number of competitors; Price competition; Quality competition; University cooperation

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL COOPERATIONS; NUMBER OF COMPETITORS; PRICE COMPETITION; QUALITY COMPETITION; UNIVERSITY COOPERATION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84886720982     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-013-9302-2     Document Type: Article

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