Performance of knowledge interactions between public research centres and industrial firms in Spain: A project-level analysis

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-354

  Nunez Sanchez R ^a   Barge Gil, A ^b   Modrego Rico, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaboration management; Innovation impact; Project level data; Technology transfer; Universities and public research centres industry cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860540100     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9178-3     Document Type: Article

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