30 years after Bayh-Dole: Reassessing academic entrepreneurship

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1045-1057

  Grimaldi, Rosa ^a   Kenney, Martin ^b,c   Siegel, Donald S ^d   Wright, Mike ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Bayh Dole Act; Licensing; Patenting; Start ups; Technology transfer offices

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING;

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; BAYH-DOLE ACT; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; LEGISLATIVE REFORMS; OECD COUNTRIES; PATENTING; SPECIAL SECTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 80051548581     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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