Is patenting activity impeding the academic performance of South African University researchers?

Technology in Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-324

  Lubango, Louis Mitondo ^a   Pouris, Anastassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity; Collaboration; Patenting; Poisson regression model; Publishing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACTIVITY; COLLABORATION; GERMANY; PATENTING; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

PUBLISHING;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68449104735     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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