The governance of university knowledge transfer: A critical review of the literature

Minerva

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-114

  Geuna, Aldo ^a,b,c   Muscio, Alessandro ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b BRICK   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European universities; Governance; Intellectual property; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge transfer organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749091694     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-009-9118-2     Document Type: Review

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