Academic entrepreneurship and economic competitiveness: Rethinking the role of the entrepreneur

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 429-444

  Wright, Mike ^a,b   Mosey, Simon ^c   Noke, Hannah ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Competitiveness; Spin offs; Technology transfer; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864334150     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2012.656528     Document Type: Article

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