Academic organizations and new industrial fields: Berkeley and Stanford after the rise of biotechnology

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1267-1282

  Jong, Simcha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Biotechnology; Institutional theory; Molecular biology; University organizations

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PAPER COATING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; INDUSTRY LINKS; LIFE SCIENCES; MODERN SCIENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURING; RESEARCH NETWORKS; STANFORD; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA);

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAPER; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 48749103805     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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