Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1884-1891

  Perkmann, Markus ^a   Walsh, Kathryn ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic consulting; Commercialization; Faculty consulting; Science technology interface; University industry relations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC CONSULTING; COMMERCIALIZATION; FACULTY CONSULTING; SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY INTERFACE; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 55549091699     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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