Converting military technology through corporate entrepreneurship

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 419-435

  Azulay, Israel ^a   Lerner, Miri ^a   Tishler, Asher ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Defense conversion; Defense industries; Managerial attitudes; R D projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244437978     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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