R&D Collaboration Strategies for Innovation: An Empirical Study Through Social Network Analysis

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cammarano, Antonello ^a   Caputo, Mauro ^a   Lamberti, Emilia ^a   Michelino, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation strategies; R D collaboration; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991240575     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877017400016     Document Type: Article

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