Universities as research partners in publicly supported entrepreneurial firms

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 529-545

  Audretsch, David B ^a   Leyden, Dennis P ^b   Link, Albert N ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Industry university relationship; Innovative behavior; Research partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864347454     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2012.656523     Document Type: Article

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