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The impact of R&D collaboration on innovative performance in Korea: A Bayesian network approach

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It is well known from previous research activities that R&D collaboration among economic actors for knowledge production is very important. An accompanying analysis of the impact of R&D collaboration on innovative performance has to be conducted for transferring knowledge to the globalized knowledge-based economy. When we first investigated previous research concerning R&D collaboration, we found some limitations in the analysis methodology. In order to overcome these limitations in previous research, we applied a Bayesian network for analyzing the impact of R&D collaboration in Korean firms on their innovative performance.

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Kim, H., Park, Y. The impact of R&D collaboration on innovative performance in Korea: A Bayesian network approach. Scientometrics 75, 535–554 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1857-y

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