Government policy, university strategy and the academic entrepreneur: The case of Queensland's smart state institutes

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 567-585

  Dodgson, Mark ^a   Staggs, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy; Policy; Science; Universities

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EDUCATION POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84861171464     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes004     Document Type: Article

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