Content №2 от 2012

Intercompany partnership and innovation activity of companies

The paper analyzes the character and role of company partnership. A theoretical basis of our research is new institutional economics, and an empirical part is based on the surveys concerning the small and medium innovation companies. Our goal is to analyze how innovation activity of such companies depends on their attitudes towards partnerships between them.

Yusupova A. T. yusupova@ieie.nsc.ru

Keywords: inter-firm networks business partnerships cooperation innovation activity