The organisational structure of university business incubators and their impact on the success of start-ups: An international study

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541-555

  Lendner, Christian ^a   Dowling, Michael ^b  

^a DEGGENDORF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Network; Regional development; Research commercialisation; Science park; Spin off; Start up company; Technology transfer; UBIs; University business incubator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848843141     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2007.014596     Document Type: Article

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