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Business HistoryVolume 52, Issue 1, February 2010, Pages 120-149

Inter-firm R&D networks in the global software industry: An overview of major trends and patterns(Article)

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  • aDepartment of Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship and Marketing, School of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • bDepartment of Organization and Strategy and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
  • cDepartment of Marketing and Strategy, Faculty of Applied Economics, Hasselt University, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of some major historical trends in inter-firm R&D partnering in the international software industry during the period 1970-1999. Our research demonstrates an overall growth pattern of newly made R&D partnerships and reveals the important role played by leading firms. We also examine the emergence of various R&D networks in the software industry, indicating the change from sparse and disconnected inter-firm R&D networks to dense and well-connected networks since the second half of the 1980s. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.

Author keywords

Historical trendsNetworksR&D partnershipsSoftware industry

Indexed keywords

GEOBASE Subject Index:firm sizeindustrial historypartnership approachresearch and developmentsoftware
  • ISSN: 00076791
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1080/00076790903469646
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

  Cloodt, M.; Department of Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship and Marketing, School of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Netherlands;
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