The effects of innovative capabilities and R&D clustering on firm performance: The evidence of Taiwan's semiconductor industry

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-43

  Sher, Peter J ^a   Yang, Phil Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovative capability; Performance; R D clustering; Semiconductor industry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; R&D CLUSTERING; RETURN ON ASSETS (ROA); SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 9944248531     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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