| Summary: | The aim of this article is to analyse, both theoretically and empirically, the R&D alliance stakes in creative industries which is that of multimedia: how are the boundaries of firms being redefined in R&D? How can one acquire complementary skills and with whom should one cooperate? What partnership strategies are to be put in place?The empirical analysis is based on a database composed of 223 R&D alliances realized by 188 firms between 1995 and 2005. An analysis applied to the 54 characteristics of these 223 R&D alliances (year, geographical zone of the firms, sector of the alliance, the sector of origin of the firms…) has lead to the identification of a number of types, that are organized by ascending hierarchical classification. The results obtained are analysed with reference literature on R&D alliances in economics.
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