Working Paper #2007-008
Location and R&D alliances in the European ICT industry
This paper shows empirically that in an intra-industry oligopolistic
scenario the location of a firm's innovative activities plays an
important role in determining its partner selection in R&D alliances.
Such a role is mainly attributed to a strategic use of R&D alliances as
a means to limit knowledge flows and protect competences, rather than to
promote knowledge flows. By drawing on a novel dataset matching
alliances and patent data for the European ICT industry, the econometric
analysis shows that partners' prior co-location (at both national and
sub-national regional level), previous ties and technological overlap
matter in the choice of partner, while common nationality has a negative
impact on alliance formation.
- Keywords
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- Alliances
- strategy
- efficiency
- R&D location
- JEL codes
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- D23
- F23
- O18
- O32
- R3
- UNU-MERIT
- Working
- Papers
- ISSN
- 1871-9872
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Narula, R., & Santangelo, G. D. (2007). Location and R&D alliances in the European ICT industry (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2007-008). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=2820