Abstract
Many companies in the cross section of telecommunication and mobile technology engage in R&D collaborations to manage uncertainty, create synergies and learn. While the challenges of managing individual collaborations are well documented, little is known on how to systematically manage several R&D collaborations simultaneously. We use modern portfolio theory as an analogy to show how companies active in mobile telecommunication manage risks and create synergies by simultaneously engaging in several inter-firm collaborations.
We gratefully acknowledge research funding of the Mobiconomy project at Copenhagen Business School.
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Mahnke, V., Overby, M.L., Nielsen, L.E. (2006). Portfolio Management of R&D Collaborations in Mobile Commerce. In: Klein, S., Poulymenakou, A. (eds) Managing Dynamic Networks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32884-X_5
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