Evolving knowledge integration and absorptive capacity perspectives upon university-industry interaction within a university

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 648-664

  Sparrow, John ^a   Tarkowski, Krystyna ^a   Lancaster, Nick ^a   Mooney, Michele ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companies; Knowledge transfer; Organizational change; Process management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949119904     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910911005217     Document Type: Article

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