Creating a university technology commercialisation programme: Confronting conflicts between learning, discovery and commercialisation goals

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-198

  Meyer, Alan D ^a   Aten, Kathryn ^a   Krause, Alan J ^a   Metzger, Matthew L ^a   Holloway, Samuel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary education; Regional economic development; Technology transfer; University spinouts; University technology commercialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952414357     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2011.038858     Document Type: Article

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