The impact of personality, competence, and activities of academic entrepreneurs on technology transfer success

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 268-289

  Walter, Achim ^a   Auer, Michael ^b   Georg Gemünden, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b STEINBEIS UNIVERSITY BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial behaviour; entrepreneurial motivation; Germany; management competence; market oriented incentive system; network competence; Steinbeis Foundation; technology transfer effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645032126     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2002.000485     Document Type: Article

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