Does Culture Matter in Inter-Firm Cooperation? Research Consortia in Japan and the USA
✍ Scribed by Masao Nakamura; Ilan Vertinsky; Charlene Zietsma
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 248 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0143-6570
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✦ Synopsis
Collaborative research consortia allow firms to pursue scale and scope economies in research, finance large costly proposals, share risks, avoid unnecessary duplication, internalize the externalities created by research spillovers, and allow the use of firmspecific complementary skills and resources. In this study we examine the evolution of cooperative research organizations in the USA and Japan. We explore the factors which influence the emergence of alternative forms of cooperation. Specifically, we examine the role of culture and the institutional environment in molding the organization of cooperation between firms in R&D and the consequences of such cooperation. # 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.