Trust relationships within R&D networks: A case study from the biotechnological industry

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-373

  Bien, Hsin Ju ^a   Ben, Tai Ming ^b   Wang, Kuan Fei ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

confi dence; cooperative performance; firm performance; formal contract; informal exchange; R D assets; R D cooperation; R D networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995704515     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2014.11081993     Document Type: Article

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