Technology transfer offices as institutional entrepreneurs: The case of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and human embryonic stem cells

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-567

  Jain, Sanjay ^a   George, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ENTREPRENEUR; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34548271053     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm017     Document Type: Article

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