The development of University Technology Transfer stakeholder relationships at a regional level: Lessons for the future

Technovation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  McAdam, Rodney ^a   Miller, Kristel ^a   McAdam, Maura ^b   Teague, Sinead ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regional development agencies; Stakeholder theory; Technology transfer; Technology transfer office

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS COMMUNITY; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GENERALISATION; INTERVIEW STUDY; JOINT MECHANISM; KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY; LEARNING CURVES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; REGIONAL LEVELS; STAKEHOLDER THEORY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES; TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 82455218981     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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