Attracting High-Tech Companies: The Case of the University of Twente and its Region

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  van der Sijde, P C ^a   Vogelaar, G ^b   Hoogeveen, A ^c   Ligtenberg, H ^c   van Velzen, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Business and Science Park Enschede Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Development Agency for Overijssel (OOM)   (Netherlands)

^d Municipality of Enschede   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

high tech companies; regional development; science parks; technology transfer; university region interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044457705     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000002101296171     Document Type: Article

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