Gender and the commercialization of university science: Academic founders of spinout companies

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-366

  Rosa, Peter ^a   Dawson, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Female entrepreneurship; Gender; Innovation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GENDER ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746153170     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620600680059     Document Type: Article

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