Universities and regional economic development: The entrepreneurial University of Waterloo

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1175-1187

  Bramwell, Allison ^a   Wolfe, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clusters; Knowledge transfer; Regional economic development; Universities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CASE STUDIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (KT); LOCAL ECONOMY; ONTARIO , CANADA; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNICAL SUPPORTS; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 48749119024     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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