BACKGROUND Relationships between physicians and pharmaceutical, medical device, and other medically related industries have received considerable attention in recent years. We surveyed physicians to collect information about their financial associations with industry and the factors that predict those associations. METHODS We conducted a national survey of 3167 physicians in six specialties (...

This paper looks at the industrial organization of the investment banking industry. Longterm relationships between business firms and investment banks are pervasive in developed security markets. A vast literature argues that better monitoring and information result from relationships. Thus, security markets should allocate resources better when an investment banking industry exists. We study n...

The primary aim of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for investigating how university – industry relationships evolve over time. Based on theoretical perspectives on the dynamics of interorganizational relationships, this paper investigates the development of several cases of university – industry collaborations. The exploratory study presented investigates the start-up phase of u...