Towards an "Entrepreneurial University" Model to Support Knowledge-Based Economic Development: The Case of the National University of Singapore

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 941-958

  Wong, Poh Kam ^a   Ho, Yuen Ping ^a   Singh, Annette ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; entrepreneurial university; Singapore; small newly industrialized economies; university technology commercialization; university industry link

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34249043649     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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