Breaking the Ivory Tower: Academic entrepreneurship in the life sciences in UK and Germany

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-54

  Haeussler, Carolin ^a   Colyvas, Jeannette A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Consulting; Founding; Life sciences; Patenting; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; CONSULTING; FOUNDING; LIFE-SCIENCES; PATENTING;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EDUCATION;

EID: 78650701408     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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