Women in science commercialization: Looking for gender differences

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-200

  Lažnjak, Jasminka ^a   Šporer, Željka ^b,c   Švarc, Jadranka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar ^*

^d INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; science commercialization; technology; value orientations; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052402193     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185241101500201     Document Type: Article

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