Commercialisation of technology innovations: An empirical study on the influence of clusters and innovation networks

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 410-437

  Fiedler, Marina ^a   Welpe, Isabell M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercialisation strategies; Complementary assets; Cooperation; Intellectual property rights; Nanotechnology; Search and bargaining costs; Technology cluster

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

COMMERCIALISATION; COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; COOPERATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79961081478     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2011.041582     Document Type: Article

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