Determinants of knowledge transfer: Evidence from Canadian university researchers in natural sciences and engineering

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-592

  Landry, Réjean ^a   Amara, Nabil ^a   Ouimet, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Determinants of transfer; Engineering; Knowledge transfer; Natural sciences; Research; Survey data; Universities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DETERMINANTS OF TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERINGS; SURVEY DATA; UNIVERSITIES; UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL SCIENCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

RESEARCH;

EID: 34848827994     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-006-0017-5     Document Type: Review

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