R&D cooperation, partner diversity, and innovation performance: An empirical analysis

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-312

  Van Beers, Cees ^a   Zand, Fardad ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; CUSTOMER PREFERENCES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; RADICAL AND INCREMENTAL INNOVATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84893116741     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12096     Document Type: Article

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