Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Wegberg,Marc,van
Author-workplace-name: METEOR
Title: Cooperation between research companies and manufacturing firms : the choice between market contract, vertical merger, and an R & D - alliance
Abstract: In the information technology industries there are several instances of a division of labour between research companies and manufacturers, who apply the researcher''s know how in production. Firms use several different ways to organise the decision making and transfer of know how. The paper compares a market transaction, where know how is sold for a license fee, to two modes of cooperation: a merger and an R&D alliance.
Keywords: industrial organization ; 
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 1995
Number: 006
File-URL: http://arnop.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=490
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 504297
Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:1995006