The effects of government, academic and industrial policy on cross-university collaboration

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 314-330

  Clark, Benjamin Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 77954613269     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234210X501207     Document Type: Article

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