Bridging the cultural divide: Trust formation in university-industry research collaborations in the US, Japan, and South Korea

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 605-616

  Hemmert, Martin ^a   Bstieler, Ludwig ^b   Okamuro, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Innovation champion; Trust; University industry research collaboration

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

COLLABORATION PARTNER; CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON; INITIAL TRUSTS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; RELATIONAL MECHANISMS; TRUST; TRUST-BUILDING MECHANISMS; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84906781692     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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