Knowledge spillovers through R&D cooperation

Dumont, Michel and Meeusen, Wim (2000): Knowledge spillovers through R&D cooperation.

Abstract

This paper presents a method to estimate knowledge spillovers through R&D cooperation between Belgian firms in EU FWP, in EUREKA projects and in technological strategic alliances up to 1997.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Spillovers, R&D cooperation
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy

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