Academic entrepreneurship and board formation in science-based firms

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 547-565

  Hülsbeck, Marcel ^a,b   Lehmann, Erik E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Board composition; Corporate governance; Supply and demand of human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864345769     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2012.656525     Document Type: Article

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