Frederick E. Terman and the rise of Silicon Valley

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 751-760

  Williams, James C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a De Anza College   (United States)

^b California History Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Society for the History of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Frederick E. Terman; Information technologies; Research and development management; Science parks; Science based industry; Stanford University; Technology transfer; University industry relations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PARKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SCIENCE BASED INDUSTRY; SCIENCE PARKS; SILICON VALLEY; STANFORD INDUSTRY; UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY RELATIONS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032290849     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1998.002700     Document Type: Article

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