The internationalization of science and its influence on academic entrepreneurship

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-212

  Krabel, Stefan ^a   Siegel, Donald S ^b   Slavtchev, Viktor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Academic spin offs; Career mobility; Scientific mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051545630     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9182-7     Document Type: Article

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