Technology transfer offices and commercialization of university intellectual property: Performance and policy implications

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 640-660

  Siegel, Donald S ^a   Veugelers, Reinhilde ^b   Wright, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Intellectual property; Technology transfer offices

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149046582     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm036     Document Type: Review

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