Edited by Yannis Caloghirou, Associate Professor of Economics of Technology and Industrial Strategy, Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Nicholas S. Vonortas, Professor, Center for International Science and Technology Policy & Department of Economics, The George Washington University, US and The late Stavros Ioannides, formerly Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

'[This book] addresses the relevant topic of collaborations in research and development at two complementary levels. First, it focuses on their determinants, performance and impact through a survey of more than 500 companies in seven European countries and through case studies on several research joint ventures. Second, it examines public policy in support of R&D cooperation in various European countries and by doing that it emphasizes similarities and differences. Thus, the book represents a very rich and insightful analysis of the characteristics of collaborations in research. The conclusion that one can draw from this work is that research collaborations are now a pervasive and diffused way to get access to knowledge and generate innovation, but that firms differ widely in the motivations for collaborations and the benefits gained, and governments follow a wide variety of policies in this respect . . . No doubt this book greatly advances our understanding about the characteristics and policy aspects of collaborations in R&D.'

• Contents: Foreword by Franco Malerba 1. General Introduction Part I: Collaboration in Research and Development: Theory and Practice 2. Research Joint Ventures: A Survey of the Theoretical Literature 3. Subsidized Research Joint Ventures in Europe 4. RJV Formation by European Firms: Strategic Considerations 5. R&D Cooperation: A Case Study Analysis on Subsidised European Projects 6. Determinants of RJV Formation – RJV Returns 7.RJVs in Europe: Trends, Performance, Impacts Part II: Policy 8. European Union Science and Technology Policy, Research Joint Venture Collaboration and Competition Policy 9. United Kingdom Public Policies and Collaboration in Research and Development 10. Collaborative Research and Technology Policy in France 11. Italian Policy Regarding Cooperative R&D 12. Science and Technology Policy in Spain: 1980–2000 13. US Policy Towards Research Joint Ventures 14. Policies for Cooperative R&D 15. Policy Implications Index

Edited by Yannis Caloghirou, Associate Professor of Economics of Technology and Industrial Strategy, Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Nicholas S. Vonortas, Professor, Center for International Science and Technology Policy & Department of Economics, The George Washington University, US and The late Stavros Ioannides, formerly Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

'[This book] addresses the relevant topic of collaborations in research and development at two complementary levels. First, it focuses on their determinants, performance and impact through a survey of more than 500 companies in seven European countries and through case studies on several research joint ventures. Second, it examines public policy in support of R&D cooperation in various European countries and by doing that it emphasizes similarities and differences. Thus, the book represents a very rich and insightful analysis of the characteristics of collaborations in research. The conclusion that one can draw from this work is that research collaborations are now a pervasive and diffused way to get access to knowledge and generate innovation, but that firms differ widely in the motivations for collaborations and the benefits gained, and governments follow a wide variety of policies in this respect . . . No doubt this book greatly advances our understanding about the characteristics and policy aspects of collaborations in R&D.'

• Contents: Foreword by Franco Malerba 1. General Introduction Part I: Collaboration in Research and Development: Theory and Practice 2. Research Joint Ventures: A Survey of the Theoretical Literature 3. Subsidized Research Joint Ventures in Europe 4. RJV Formation by European Firms: Strategic Considerations 5. R&D Cooperation: A Case Study Analysis on Subsidised European Projects 6. Determinants of RJV Formation – RJV Returns 7.RJVs in Europe: Trends, Performance, Impacts Part II: Policy 8. European Union Science and Technology Policy, Research Joint Venture Collaboration and Competition Policy 9. United Kingdom Public Policies and Collaboration in Research and Development 10. Collaborative Research and Technology Policy in France 11. Italian Policy Regarding Cooperative R&D 12. Science and Technology Policy in Spain: 1980–2000 13. US Policy Towards Research Joint Ventures 14. Policies for Cooperative R&D 15. Policy Implications Index

Edited by Yannis Caloghirou, Associate Professor of Economics of Technology and Industrial Strategy, Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Nicholas S. Vonortas, Professor, Center for International Science and Technology Policy & Department of Economics, The George Washington University, US and The late Stavros Ioannides, formerly Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

'[This book] addresses the relevant topic of collaborations in research and development at two complementary levels. First, it focuses on their determinants, performance and impact through a survey of more than 500 companies in seven European countries and through case studies on several research joint ventures. Second, it examines public policy in support of R&D cooperation in various European countries and by doing that it emphasizes similarities and differences. Thus, the book represents a very rich and insightful analysis of the characteristics of collaborations in research. The conclusion that one can draw from this work is that research collaborations are now a pervasive and diffused way to get access to knowledge and generate innovation, but that firms differ widely in the motivations for collaborations and the benefits gained, and governments follow a wide variety of policies in this respect . . . No doubt this book greatly advances our understanding about the characteristics and policy aspects of collaborations in R&D.'

• Contents: Foreword by Franco Malerba 1. General Introduction Part I: Collaboration in Research and Development: Theory and Practice 2. Research Joint Ventures: A Survey of the Theoretical Literature 3. Subsidized Research Joint Ventures in Europe 4. RJV Formation by European Firms: Strategic Considerations 5. R&D Cooperation: A Case Study Analysis on Subsidised European Projects 6. Determinants of RJV Formation – RJV Returns 7.RJVs in Europe: Trends, Performance, Impacts Part II: Policy 8. European Union Science and Technology Policy, Research Joint Venture Collaboration and Competition Policy 9. United Kingdom Public Policies and Collaboration in Research and Development 10. Collaborative Research and Technology Policy in France 11. Italian Policy Regarding Cooperative R&D 12. Science and Technology Policy in Spain: 1980–2000 13. US Policy Towards Research Joint Ventures 14. Policies for Cooperative R&D 15. Policy Implications Index