Publications, patents, and the market for university inventions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 688-715

  Elfenbein, Daniel W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization of innovation; Markets for technology; University industry technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249052290     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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