Not invented here: Technology licensing, knowledge transfer and innovation based on public research

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-511

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a   Geissler, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic inventions; Licensing; Spin off entrepreneurship; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864351445     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-011-0261-1     Document Type: Article

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