Government as entrepreneur: Evaluating the commercialization success of SBIR projects

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-601

  Link, Albert N ^a   Scott, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Government entrepreneur; Research and development (R D); Small business innovation research (SBIR)

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; GOVERNMENT POLICY; POLICY ACTIONS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; PUBLIC RESOURCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCHES; SMALL FIRM;

LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROBABILITY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77951141713     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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