Is commercialization good or bad for science? Individual-level evidence from the Max Planck Society

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-292

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Licensing; Public research; Spin off entrepreneurship; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMERCIALIZATION; LICENSING; MAX PLANCK; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTES; PUBLIC RESEARCH; SPIN-OFF ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TIME PERIODS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 59649085484     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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