Description
Book SynopsisIn light of a history of legislative actions in the United States to encourage collaborative R&D, this book characterizes U.S. collaborative R&D through the eyes of the National Research Joint Venture Database.
Facilitating a fresh statistical look at collaborative R&D as a purposive strategy in the light of existing public policies, this book also provides a critical evaluation of the effectiveness of those attendant policies. Through an original project-based micro database, the author reveals the patterns of competitive behavior associated with collaborative R&D. Accompanied by follow-up statistical and econometric analyses, readers are not only confronted with what might be the most complete picture of U.S. collaborative R&D to date, but they are also provided with key indications of the effectiveness of U.S. legislative actions which is set to inspire further collaborations in research.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Research Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence. Chapter 3. National Research Joint Venture Database. Chapter 4. An Assessment of the National Cooperative Research Act. Chapter 5. Characteristics of RJVs. Chapter 6. Research Patterns among RJVs. Chapter 7. Was the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 Successful? Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks.
