From Vulnerable to Venerated: The Institutionalization of Academic Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 219-259

  Colyvas, Jeannette A ^a   Powell, Walter W ^a  

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EID: 33847105866     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-558X(06)25007-9     Document Type: Review

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