Corporate incubators: Industrial R&D and what universities can learn from them

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-483

  Becker, Barbara ^a   Gassmann, Oliver ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

American and European Incubators; Industrial R D; Industry spin offs; Innovation; Venturing

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN INCUBATORS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SPIN OFF; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES; UNIVERSITY INCUBATORS; VENTURING;

INNOVATION; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 33745936026     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-0008-6     Document Type: Review

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