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Author-Name: Martinez-Noya, Andrea
Author-Email: noya@uniovi.es
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Oviedo
Author-Name: Narula, Rajneesh
Author-Email: r.narula@henley.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Henley Business School, University of Reading
Title: What more can we learn from R&D alliances? : A review and research agenda
Abstract: R&D cooperation has become a core aspect of the innovation strategy of
	 R&D-performing organisations over the last three decades. Globalisation
	 has increased the imperative to organise these cross-border, inter-firm
	 agreements efficiently, and this has led to a cross-fertilisation of ideas from
	 a variety of fields, including international business, management, geography
	 and, more recently, psychology. The aim of this paper is to review and
	 synthesise this literature to identify new directions for research. The breadth
	 of the academic discussion has evolved towards a general consensus on
	 governance choice decisions, motives for collaboration, partner selection
	 decisions and performance implications. Despite having achieved some
	 degree of clarity on these issues, the growing complexity and international
	 nature of these alliances requires a multidisciplinary approach, both in relation
	 to the theories to apply, as well as in the type of data needed.
Classification-JEL: O32, L24
Keywords: R&D alliances, technological cooperation, strategic technology partnering,
	 literature review, research agenda
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20180509
Number: 2018-022
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2018/wp2018-022.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2018022