The Cooperation phenomenon : prospects for small firms and the small economies

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Introduction : Small Firms, Small Economies and Cooperation = 1
• Section 1 : Small Firms and Cooperation = 7
• Mentec International Limited - A Case History / M. A. Pierce = 10
• Generics Software Limited - A Case History / R. Cochran = 14
• Baltimore Technologies Limited - A Case History / J. Mountjoy = 17
• The Third Channel for Innovation - How Established Companies and Young High Technology Firms Complement Each Other / T. Sommerlatte = 20
• Constructive Cooperation between Smaller Firms for Efficiency, Quality and Product Changes / P. Mariti = 31
• The Small Firm Perspective on Interfirm Collaboration for Innovation / K. Dickson ; H. Lawton Smith ; S. Smith = 51
• A Study of the Activity of Private Consultants in Technology Transfer / E. Bourgeois = 71
• Licensing Agreements in the Portuguese Manufacturing Industry / V. Corado Simoes = 75
• Direct Acquisition of Technology by Irish Industry - Results of a Survey of Irish-owned Companies Licensing Patented Technology / T. J. Allen ; D. J. Cogan ; D. O'Doherty ; B. A. O'Sullivan = 78
• Section 2 : European Initiatives and SME Cooperation = 101
• The Framework Programme - International Networks and Consortia in R and D / A. Garia Arroyo = 104
• The SPRINT Programme - Innovation and Technology Transfer between Community Firms / B. B. Goodman = 115
• The Programme for Cooperation - Policies and Programmes for European Partnerships / G. Heikens = 123
• The Structural Funds - The Means for International and Interfirm Linkages / J. Mulcahy = 129
• The EUREKA Initiative for West European High-Technology Cooperation / O. Meyer = 133
• Section 3 : Small Economies and Countries - What is different? = 145
• Interfirm Cooperation in Small National Systems of Innovation / B. Dalum ; B. -A. Lundvall = 148
• Cooperation in the European IT Industry - Can the Smaller Countries Benefit? / P. Murtagh = 161
• Cooperation - The Small Firm, Small Economy Experience / D. O'Doherty = 168
• Section 4 : National Responses - Policies and Programmes for Interfirm Cooperation = 179
• Research Cooperation in the Federal Republic of Germany / A. Goerdeler = 182
• Small Firms - The Impact of European and UK Policies / B. R. Arthur = 186
• Portuguese SMEs in the European Context - Prospects for Innovation and Cooperation / I. Matalonga ; R. Guimaraes ; M. de Abreu ; A. P. Coelho = 195
• Cooperation in Spain - The Role of Public Institutions / J. Valls Passola = 211
• Internationalization and Cooperation - The Irish Policy Response / D. O'Doherty = 215
• European Markets in the 1990s - The Irish Export Board's Strategy for Catatonia / L. Kelleher = 220
• International Company Development Programme / T. McGuinness = 223
• Business Development through Cooperative Agreements - An Innovative Approach / A. Duke = 227
• Section 5 : Conclusions for Research and Policy-making = 233
• Small Firms, Small Economies and the Cooperation Phenomenon - Issues for Research and Policy / D. O'Doherty = 237
• SMEs and their Role in New Technologies - Research and Policy Recommendations / R. Rothwell = 239
• Towards a European Research and Policy Agenda for Small Countries and Economies / D. O'Doherty = 254
• Notes on Contributors = 259
• Appendix l = 265
• Appendix 2 = 273