Table 3 Cooperation elements ranking

1

Internal Knowledge Impulses

8.8270

2

Knowledge Integration

8.7318

3

Short Formation Phase (<0,5 years)

8.1463

4

Vision (Outcome)

8.1331

5

Vertical Cooperation Direction

7.9983

6

International Scope

7.9006

7

Centralized Cooperation (Mgmt. Level)

7.8064

8

Low Investment Requirement

7.7890

9

Knowledge-based R&D (Intangible)

7.7325

10

Work-shops

7.6886

11

Short-term Cooperation (<2 years)

7.6219

12

Privately Funded

7.5924

13

Topic Exploration

7.4165

14

Bilateral Scope

7.1881

15

Limited Internal Cooperation Influence

7.1705

16

Lateral

7.1336

17

Inflexible Cooperation (not open)

7.1119

18

Underlying Long-term Supplier-Buyer Relationship

7.0437

19

No Foundation of Legal Entity

7.0071

20

Advance Research

6.9795

21

Test-phases as Cooperation Outcome

6.8590

22

Approached by another company

6.8489

23

Open Outcome

6.8442

25

Medium Investment Requirement

6.7551

24

First-time Cooperation

6.7768

26

Cooperation Share Parity

6.7067

27

Pre-competitive Environment

6.5756

29

Focussed Outcome

6.5093

28

Mixed Intellectual Property Allocation

6.5448

30

HL Active Initiator

6.4253

31

Product Integration

6.3397

32

No Lead Partner & Advisory Group Requirement

6.2036

33

Medium-term Cooperation (2-5 years)

6.1459

34

Test-phases

6.0710

35

Non-published Cooperation

6.0428

36

Multilateral Scope

5.9674

37

Publicly Funded

5.8045

38

HL < others (Cooperation Share)

5.7672

39

Direct Internal Cooperation Influence

5.6846

40

100% HL (Intellectual Property Allocation)

5.6626

41

Flexible Cooperation (open for add. partners)

5.4496

42

Competitive Environment

5.3673

44

Published Cooperation

5.1072

43

New Cooperation (First time)

5.1303

45

Medium Formation Phase (0,5-1 year)

5.0002

46

Complete Dissolution

4.8567

47

HL > others (Cooperation Share)

4.6352

48

Prototypes as Cooperation Outcome

4.6060

49

No Internal Cooperation Influence

4.5305

50

Horizontal Scope

4.4686

51

Exit Potential

4.1966

52

Follow-on Cooperation

3.9417

53

Lead Partner & Advisory Group Requirement

3.7156

54

Long-term Cooperation (5-10 years)

3.6508

55

Technology-based R&D (Tangible)

3.5505

57

Existing Cooperation

3.5003

56

Decentralized Cooperation (Clerk Level)

3.5170

58

Long Formation Phase (>1 year)

3.3222

59

Incorporation at Partner

2.7219

60

National Scope

0.0000

60

No Exit Potential

0.0000

60

Foundation of Legal Entity

0.0000

60

Pilot Project

0.0000

60

Incorporation (e.g. JV)

0.0000

60

Capital Venture

0.0000

60

0% HL (Intellectual Property Allocation)

0.0000

60

Permanent Cooperation (>10 years)

0.0000

60

“Serial” Technology Development

0.0000

60

Viable Co-development

0.0000