La propension à nouer des partenariats internationaux en R&D: une question de proximité ou de distance ?

Katia Angué () and Ulrike Mayrhofer ()
Additional contact information
Ulrike Mayrhofer: MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This article aims to evaluate the influence of distance on the propensity of firms to establish international partnerships in R&D. The authors examine economic and managerial approaches of proximity and distance. Based on a sample of 1.502 cooperative agreements formed by European companies in the biotechnology industry, the empirical study confirms the relevance of combining several approaches of the concept of distance. The findings highlight that geographic, economic, administrative and technological distances play an important role, while cultural distance does not seem to influence the propensity to form partnerships.

Keywords: International cooperation; proximity; research and development; national environment; Coopération internationale; distance; proximité; recherche et développement; environnement national (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2011, 15 (2), pp.51-66

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00684439

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().