The impact of institution quality, cluster strength and TLO licensing capacity on the rate of academic staff spin-offs

2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy: Building Capacity for Scientific Innovation and Outcomes, ACSIP 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Avnimelech, Gil ^a   Feldman, Maryann ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Academic Spawning; Entrepreneurship; New Firm Founders; Regional Economic Development; Spin off Firms

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SPAWNING; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; NEW FIRM FOUNDERS; REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SPIN-OFF FIRMS;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 81255184320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACSIP.2011.6064460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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