Dockets, deals, and sagas: Commensuration and the rationalization of experience in university Licensing

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-97

  Owen Smith, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Institutional change; Licensing work; University technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844402492     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312705047738     Document Type: Article

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