The new science and engineering management: Cooperative research centers as government policies, industry strategies, and organizations

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 445-459

  Boardman, Craig ^a   Gray, Denis ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative research center; Research collaboration; Science and technology policy; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY STRATEGIES; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS; NEW SCIENCE; PRIVATE INDUSTRIES; RESEARCH CENTER; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INDUSTRY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77956178132     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9162-y     Document Type: Article

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