The mobility of university inventors in Europe

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-215

  Crespi, Gustavo A ^a,b   Geuna, Aldo ^a   Nesta, Lionel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

European universities; Labour mobility; Technology transfer; University patenting

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES; MULTINOMIAL MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PAPER ANALYSIS; PATENTING ACTIVITIES; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; UNIVERSITY PATENTING;

EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 34047163120     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-9012-0     Document Type: Article

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