Start-ups among university employees: The influence of legitimacy, human capital and social capital

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-312

  Karlsson, Tomas ^a   Wigren, Caroline ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Institutional theory; Quantitative; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857641525     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9175-6     Document Type: Review

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