Disclosure and licensing of University inventions: 'The best we can do with the s**t we get to work with'

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1271-1300

  Jensen, Richard A ^a   Thursby, Jerry G ^b   Thursby, Marie C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURVEYING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EMPIRICAL TESTS; UNIVERSITIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141681127     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(03)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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