Implementing a ‘bottom-up,’ multi-sector research collaboration: The case of the Texas air quality study

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-69

  Boardman, Craig ^a   Bozeman, Barry ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interorganizational relations; Research collaboration; Research effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747205058     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000332196     Document Type: Article

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