Title: A situation of multilateral co-operation: the ''couple hote-vecteur performant'' program (CHVP)

Authors: Jacqueline Estades

Addresses: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine Universitaire BP 47, 38040 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Abstract: This paper presents a situation of multilateral co-operation, focusing its analysis primarily on co-ordination between actors. Two forms of regulation interact in the national program studied: local regulation comprising a hierarchy and trust, and global regulation characterising a French model of innovation. While this mode of organising research-industry co-operation favours the development of pre-competitive research, its ability to produce inter-firm cooperation on strategic research is more hypothetical.

Keywords: biotechnology; innovation; multilateral cooperation; coordination; hierarchy; trust; network.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.1999.004478

International Journal of Biotechnology, 1999 Vol.1 No.1, pp.105 - 118

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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