European Collaboration in Research and Development

Download or read book European Collaboration in Research and Development written by Yannis Caloghirou and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions collected in this volume focus explicitly on cooperative R & D in Europe. The first part of the book offers empirical evidence on the extent, scope and direction of this collaboration and explores the motives and problems of the participating firms, as well as the perceived benefits they have enjoyed. The second part deals with the difficult policy issues that diverse national R & D regimes create for successful cooperative research and international convergence. The extensive survey results of European firms allow the authors to compare collaborative research policies in various.