Assessing the relative performance of U.K. university technology transfer offices: Parametric and non-parametric evidence

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-384

  Chapple, Wendy ^a   Lockett, Andy ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b   Wright, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Patents; Stochastic frontier estimation (SFE); Technology licensing; Technology transfer office (TTO)

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ESTIMATION (SFE); TECHNOLOGY LICENSING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE (TTO);

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 18144366985     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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