Abstrakt

Building Competitive Advantage through Links with Science

Dr.G.Brindha

“It is hard to imagine a more significant topic in today’s economy than inter organizational technology” (Stuart, 2005). And indeed there is mounting evidence pointing to the fact that firms’ innovation process is increasingly involving partners beyond their boundaries, including research organizations, business partners, and universities (Chesbrough, 2003; Laursen & Salter, 2006). In particular, the organizational agreements between business firms and universities have recently come to the forefront of research.