We test the relationship between alliance scope and firm performance in the context of the biotechnology industry by means of a meta-analysis. Meta-analysis is a statistical technique that allows a systematic review of the existing research that is more rigorously systematic compared to...

Nowadays, land reclamation by dredger fill has become one of the effective ways to solve the increasing land demand in coastal areas. However, the artificial dredger fill could not only produce large deformation after it was deposited, but also further the permeability and consolidation of the...

The paper explores small innovative firms' motives for selecting university partners. As well as risk-reducing, cost-reducing, and value creating motives that are established in the literature, "enabling" is proposed as a fourth motive, which asserts that firms select university partners that...