An individual-level assessment of the relationship between spin-off activities and research performance in universities

R and D Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-242

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^a   Ferretti, Marco ^b   Parmentola, Adele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

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EID: 84861553373     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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