Influences and conflicts of federal policies in academic-industrial scientific collaboration

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 514-545

  Clark, Benjamin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic scientific collaboration; Academic industrial collaboration; Collaboration; Federal research funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053116037     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9161-z     Document Type: Article

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