Do royalties really foster university patenting activity? An answer from Italy

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Baldini, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial university; Organisational arrangement; Patent regulations; University patents

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; DATA SETS; ENDOGENEITY; ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY; PANEL DATA; PATENT REGULATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES; UNIVERSITY PATENTS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 73749086907     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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