Ready to leave the ivory tower?: Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-296

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Krabel, Stefan ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857645278     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9174-7     Document Type: Article

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