Measuring the science-to-market gap - The case of new energy technologies

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-478

  Inganäs, Martin ^a   Harder, Mikael ^a   Marxt, Christian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

new energy technologies; technology transfer; University industry interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649314064     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877007001181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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