University-industry collaboration: A CoPs approach to KTPs

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-647

  Gertner, Drew ^a   Roberts, Joanne ^b   Charles, David ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Communities of practice; Information transfer; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960316054     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111151992     Document Type: Article

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