Building bridges between university and industry: Theory and practice

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-215

  Meredith, Sandra ^a   Burkle, Martha ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b Southern Alberta Institute of Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business links; Competitive strategy; Entrepreneurialism; Mexico; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049150809     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810873982     Document Type: Article

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