Abstract
The three essays collected in this dissertation advance our understanding of how organizational competencies and R&D objectives are related with partner selection and R&D performance at the project level. The first essay shows how the organizational competencies and R&D prime objective of the focal firm are related with who is seen as the most important partner in the R&D project. The second essay examines how organizational competencies affect the innovation performance of companies when collaborating with an external R&D organization. The third essay focuses on the relationship of absorptive capacity and knowledge distance with new product development performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Place of Publication | Tilburg |
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| Print ISBNs | 978 90 5668 614 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |