Disentangling effort and performance: A renewed look at gender differences in commercializing medical school research

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-489

  Colyvas, Jeannette A ^a   Snellman, Kaisa ^b   Bercovitz, Janet ^c   Feldman, Maryann ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship, university performance metrics; Biomedical innovation; Biomedicine; Gender; Life sciences; University technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864303170     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-011-9235-6     Document Type: Article

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