European Collaboration in Research and Development: Business Strategy and Public Policy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840643714 ISBN 13: 9781840643718

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

In 1998-2000, seven research teams from six European countries engaged in the Science and Technology Policies towards Research Joint Ventures project, funded by a body of the European Commission. Their findings are reported here in 15 studies on the theory and practice of collaboration in research and development, and on relevant policy. Among the specific topics are subsidized research joint ventures, strategic considerations in research joint venture formation by European firms, determinants and returns of ventures, US policy towards such ventures, policies for cooperative research and development, and policy implications. Case studies are also presented on policy in the European Union, Britain, France, Italy, and Spain. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Edited by Yannis Caloghirou, Assistant Professor of Industrial Economics and Business Strategy, Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Nicholas S. Vonortas, Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs and Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, US and Stavros Ioannides, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Review

`[This book] addresses the relevant topic of collaborations in research and development at two complementary levels. First, it focuses on their determinants, performance and impact through a survey of more than 500 companies in seven European countries and through case studies on several research joint ventures. Second, it examines public policy in support of R&D cooperation in various European countries and by doing that it emphasizes similarities and differences. Thus, the book represents a very rich and insightful analysis of the characteristics of collaborations in research. The conclusion that one can draw from this work is that research collaborations are now a pervasive and diffused way to get access to knowledge and generate innovation, but that firms differ widely in the motivations for collaborations and the benefits gained, and governments follow a wide variety of policies in this respect . . . No doubt this book greatly advances our understanding about the characteristics and policy aspects of collaborations in R&D.' -- From the foreword by Franco Malerba

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1840643714
• ISBN 13: 9781840643718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Caloghirou Yannis, Vonortas Nicholas S., Ioannides Stavros