purpose of establishing themselves a dominant market position. In this paper R&D network issues from the perspective of their … single unit but also the capabilities of the network as a whole through collective learning. SMEs seem to be appropriate … units to behave like network nodes because of their lean structure, adaptability to market evolution, active involvement of …

The internationalization of R&D network is a recent phenomenon. In this knowledge based environment, the driving forces … industry, requires strategies to collaborate with or compete with suitable firms within a network in the New Product …-based enterprises. Successful R&D is a function of invention and R&D network. This paper studies R&D network issues from the perspective …