R&D Partnerships and Innovation Performance: Can There Be too Much of a Good Thing?

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 773-794

  Hottenrott, Hanna ^a   Lopes Bento, Cindy ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS;

DIFFERENT STAGES; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION PROJECTS; INVERTED U SHAPES; MARKET SUCCESS; NET GAIN; PRODUCT INNOVATION; SERVICE SECTORS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84962527335     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12311     Document Type: Article

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