A case study of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in the context of the Cabral-Dahab Paradigm, with comparison to other US research parks

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 761-777

  Echols, Ann E ^a,b   Meredith, Joe W ^b,c  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cabral Dahab Paradigm; Evaluation; Research and development management; Science parks; Science based industry; Technology transfer; University industry relations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PARKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SCIENCE BASED INDUSTRY; SCIENCE PARKS; UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY RELATIONS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032303496     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1998.002697     Document Type: Review

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10. Two of the park directors contacted mentioned that their parks had been restructured into pure land development ventures, omitting all ties to a university. Thus, these two parks were omitted from this study.