Assessing the patenting activity in the Italian universities: The case of the biotechnology research

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 6-35

  Lo Storto, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotechnology field; Inventors innovation strategy; Knowledge search; Patenting activity; Research productivity assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY;

INNOVATION STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE SEARCH; PATENTING ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; SEARCH BEHAVIOURS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THREE DIMENSIONS; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77951680137     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2010.032850     Document Type: Article

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