Promoting university startups: International patterns, vicarious learning and policy implications

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-233

  Miner, Anne S ^a   Gong, Yan ^b   Ciuchta, Michael P ^c   Sadler, Anthony ^d   Surdyk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International patterns; Organizational vicarious learning; University startups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858450866     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9194-3     Document Type: Review

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