Doctoral students on the university-industry interface: A review of the literature

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-651

  Thune, Taran ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doctoral students; Experiences and outcomes; Roles; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350139828     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9214-0     Document Type: Article

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