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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Collaborative R&D"”.
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Architecting Absorptive Capacity: Systems Framework for Open Innovation in Japanese Enterprises
… this thesis explores the potential of collaborative R&D between large Japanese firms and external actors to drive innovation through open innovation practices. The research focuses on absorptive capacity - defined as an organization's ability to recognize, assimilate, and utilize …
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Structures, processes, and clustering of complex networks
… In the first paper, the network of EU-funded collaborative R&D projects is analyzed by measuring the "small world" effects of small diameter and high clustering. Scale-free degree distributions are found, and the exponents measured. The results are similiar to other collaboration networks. …
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The R&D Boundaries of the Firm and the Governance of R&D Alliances: Essays on Institutions, Strategic Considerations and Contract Structure
<p>The three essays in this dissertation examine questions related to the R&D boundaries of the firm and the governance of R&D alliances. The first essay draws on institutional theory to examine the history of corporate R&D in the U.S. since the mid-19th century. Formal and informal institutional …