Technology Fountainheads: The Management Challenge of R&D Consortia

Corey explores the social,economic,and legal impact of R&D consortia-collaborative nonprofit ventures among business,government,and academia that are responsible for generating and spreading technological innovation. He examines six of the oldest and largest consortia to identify the key factors for successful R&D collaboration and evaluates R&D consortia as viable enterprises and as sources of global competitiveness for the United States.