Supporting university enterprise: the Scottish and US experience

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 354-372

  Smailes, R ^a   Cooper, S Y ^b   Keogh, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commercialisation; high technology firms; international comparisons; Technology transfer; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444557606     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2002.000490     Document Type: Article

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