Using attitudinal, situational, and personal characteristics variables to predict future entrepreneurs from national laboratory inventors

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-257

  Kassicieh, Suleiman K ^a   Raymond Radosevich, H ^a   Banbury, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization of technology; Public sector technology; Technological entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PUBLIC SECTOR TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031208362     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.618076     Document Type: Article

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