Facilitators of knowledge transfer in university-industry collaborations: A knowledge-based perspective

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-507

  Santoro, Michael D ^a   Bierly III, Paul E ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Management of technology; University firm collaborations

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RANDOM PROCESSES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY-FIRM COLLABORATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750580216     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.883707     Document Type: Article

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