The dynamics of research joint ventures: A panel data analysis

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The aim of this paper is to test the determinants of Research Joint Ventures’ (RJVs) group dynamics. We look at entry, exit and turbulence in RJVs that have been set up under the US National Cooperative Research Act, which allows for certain antitrust exemptions in order to stimulate firms to cooperate in R&D. Accounting for unobserved project characteristics and controlling for inter-RJV interactions and industry effects, the Tobit panel regressions show the importance of group and time features for an RJV’s evolution. We further identify an average RJV’s long-term equilibrium size and assess its determining factors. Ours is a first attempt to produce robust stylized facts about cooperational short- and long-term dynamics, an important but neglected dimension in research cooperations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2007-12

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
• Subject: Research Joint Ventures ; Dynamics ; Panel Data

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Duso, Tomaso ; Pennings, Enrico ; Seldeslachts, Jo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51208
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