The research was motivated by the importance of inter-firm collaboration within service innovation. Inter-firm collaboration covers a broad range of organizational combinations of various size and motivations in various levels of formal agreements. The book chapter will explore the choice of...

The research was motivated by the importance of inter-firm collaboration within service innovation. Inter-firm collaboration covers a broad range of organizational combinations of various size and motivations in various levels of formal agreements. The book chapter will explore the choice of...

There is an increasing number of researchers conducting empirical and theoretical investigations tobetter understand innovation and protection activities of service companies. In fact, previous analysesreveal that the protection topic is difficult to study, particularly when using traditional...