Motivations and obstacles to networking in a university business incubator

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-453

  Cooper, Christine E ^a   Hamel, Stephanie A ^b   Connaughton, Stacey L ^c  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business incubator; Communication network; Motivations to communicate; Social support; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864294542     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-010-9189-0     Document Type: Article

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