Internal R&D and agreements with customers, suppliers and competitor partners also increase firm's propensity for R&D cooperation with universities.
We examine four different basic types of partners, each coded as dummy variables, which take the value 1 if the firm has collaborated with any of its suppliers and/or customers (Supply-chain partners), its competitors (Competitor partners), with consultancy firms (Consultancy partners) or with universities and/or research institutes (R&D partners).
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Since it stunned Airbus and the rest of the global aerospace industry in March by announcing its intention to build a new, faster plane -- and, on the same day, by canceling two proposed models that were not attracting orders -- competitors, partners, airlines and analysts have been wondering if the Sonic Cruiser is more than a mirage.
Individual experts, social communities, competitors, partners, non-profit organizations, intermediaries, and suppliers who are able to influence the management process directly or indirectly should be taken into account.
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Listwin of Openwave: The way I deal with it at Openwave is we have a working market model where we have competitors, partners, the ecosystem, and we have a vision for where we want them all to end up in our role in the marketplace.
The company's main competitor for partners is Microsoft, which has a large partner network, industry analysts say.
So Cablevision is in some ways one of the most potent competitors or partners for Tribune in New York.
The system's board felt doctors "can't be competitors and partners at the same time," he said.
China may ultimately turn out to be more competitor than partner, but for now interdependence is a lot better than open hostility.
