The international dimension to industry-academic links

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 5-17

  Howells, Jeremy ^a   Nedeva, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internationalisation; Knowledge; National systems of innovation; R D; Technology transfer; University industry links

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

COLLABORATION; FUNDING; INNOVATION; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY LINK;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0037211080     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2003.003086     Document Type: Article

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