Exploring board formation and evolution of board composition in academic spin-offs

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-112

  Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S ^a   Gulbrandsen, Magnus ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic spin offs; Boards of directors; Resources; Social networks; Stages

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS; BOARD MEMBERS; BOARDS OF DIRECTORS; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES; RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STAGES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 76049126206     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-009-9115-5     Document Type: Article

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