The effects of business-university alliances on innovative output and financial performance: A study of publicly traded biotechnology companies

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 577-609

  George, Gerard ^a   Zahra, Shaker A ^b   Wood Jr , D Robley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Innovation; Knowledge; University business alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036792129     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(01)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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