Entrepreneurial science: The rules of the Game

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 821-851

  Jones, Mark Peter ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Biotechnology; Conflicts of interest and commitment; Constructivism; Intellectual property; The normative structure of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450216806     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709104434     Document Type: Article

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