Bringing science to market: Commercializing from NIH SBIR awards

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-402

  Link, Albert N ^a   Ruhm, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

R D; Small business innovation research program; Technology commercialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449670947     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590802208166     Document Type: Article

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