The role of university spinout companies in an emerging technology: The case of nanotechnology

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-450

  Libaers, Dirk ^a   Meyer, Martin ^b,c   Geuna, Aldo ^c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Technological change; University Spinout (USO); University technology commercialization

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS; PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES; SPIN-OUTS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATIONS; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OUTS;

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33745967271     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-0005-9     Document Type: Article

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