Patents, venture capital, and software start-ups

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Mann, Ronald J ^a   Sager, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

High technology; Patents; Software; Start ups; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FIRM PERFORMANCE; PATENT METRICS; START-UPS; VENTURE CAPITAL;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846889536     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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