Why are some university researchers more likely to create spin-offs than others? Evidence from Canadian universities

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1599-1615

  Landry, Réjean ^a   Amara, Nabil ^a   Rherrad, Imad ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Inst de la Statistique du Que   (Canada)

Author keywords

Determinants of university spin off creation; Natural sciences and engineering; Resources; University spin offs

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; NATURAL SCIENCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DETERMINANTS OF UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF CREATION; NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33751209496     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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