Cooperative research in R & D-intensive industries

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Cooperative research in R & D-intensive industries

Nicholas S. Vonortas

Avebury, c1991

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Cooperative research in R and D-intensive industries

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-264) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is an attempt to combine theoretical and empirical analysis of co-operative industrial research and to treat this phenomenon as part of a more general process of industrial evolution. The theoretical and empirical findings can be linked together to provide testable hypotheses concerning the "best timeing" for successful pursuit of co-operative research. This task requires systematic identification of important technological capabilities and needs of firms involved in joint research at different stages of evolution aof their respective industries. matching these characteristics to the potential strengths and weaknesses of distinct modes of research co-operation generates predictions about the formation and timing of collective industrial research in different industries and the likely success and social desirability of such efforts. The present discussion represents a marshalling of the author's systematic thinking and research about the subject over a number of years.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction: a word about theory
  • plan of the book. Part 2 Co-operative research as an institution: the characteristics of research and development
  • availability and use of research and development resources
  • definitions
  • the rationale for co-operative research. Part 3 Co-operative research experience: national co-operative research organizations
  • international co-operative research organizations
  • examples of multi-party co-operation in R&D - semiconductor manufacturing and Technology Institute (Sematech)
  • the Very Large Scale Integration Circuit (VLSI)
  • Research Association
  • the Alvey Programme for Advanced Information Technology
  • highlights of the evidence
  • conclusion. Part 4 A theoretical approach to research co-operation in industry: empirical findings on the relationship between R&D inputs and R&D outputs
  • model appraisal
  • general formulation of the model
  • parametric model
  • co-operative v. nonco-operative industrial set up
  • co-operative research within different market and research environments
  • secretariat research joint ventures
  • operating entity research joint ventures
  • reprise. Part 5 Synthesis: stages of technological evolution
  • co-operative research and industrial evolution. Part 6 Concluding remarks.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA13591504
  • ISBN
    • 1856281051
  • LCCN
    91037931
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 272 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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