Reconsidering renormalization: Stability and change in 20th-century views on university patents

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-597

  Metlay, Grischa ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Bayh Dole; Intellectual property; Renormalization; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745973553     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706058581     Document Type: Article

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