The direction of firm innovation: The contrasting roles of strategic alliances and individual scientific collaborations

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1473-1487

  Hohberger, Jan ^a   Almeida, Paul ^b   Parada, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alliances; Innovation; Knowledge search; Research collaboration; University industry interactions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ALLIANCES; EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; KNOWLEDGE SEARCH; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY INTERACTION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84937884103     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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