Inside multi-disciplinary science and engineering research centers: The impact of organizational climate on invention disclosures and patents

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1226-1239

  Hunter, Emily M ^a   Perry, Sara Jansen ^b   Currall, Steven C ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Multi disciplinary research; Organizational climate; Patents; Technology commercialization

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; MULTI METHODS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MULTI-LEVEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PATENTS; QUALITATIVE DATA; RESEARCH CENTER; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; SURVEY DATA; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION; VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING;

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 80053959087     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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