Startups by recent university graduates and their faculty: Implications for university entrepreneurship policy

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 663-677

  Åstebro, Thomas ^a   Bazzazian, Navid ^a   Braguinsky, Serguey ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Spin offs; Students; University policy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HIGH QUALITY; LOW QUALITIES; RECENT GRADUATES; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SPIN OFF; START-UPS; UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES; UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP; UNIVERSITY GRADUATES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84858079252     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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