Technology Transfer in Multi-Organizational Environments: The Case of R&D Consortia

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 3-13

  Smilor, Raymond W ^a   Gibson, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; ENGINEERING--MANAGEMENT; MICROELECTRONICS--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELECOMMUNICATION--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMUNICATION; DISTANCE; EQUIVOCALITY; MICROELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; MULTI-ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIA;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 0026103865     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.65755     Document Type: Article

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