Pathways to impact and the strategic role of universities: New evidence on the breadth and depth of university knowledge exchange in the UK and the factors constraining its development

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 723-750

  Hughes, Alan ^a   Kitson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impact; Knowledge exchange; Technology transfer; Universities

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861136684     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes017     Document Type: Article

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