Patent-based investment funds as innovation intermediaries for SMEs: In-depth analysis of reciprocal interactions, motives and fallacies

Technovation

Volumn 32, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 536-549

  Gredel, Daniel ^a   Kramer, Matthias ^b   Bend, Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b REUTLINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic spin offs; Patent based investment funds; Patents; Small and medium sized firms; Technology commercialization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS; INVESTMENT FUNDS; MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; PATENTS; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATIONS;

EARNINGS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84865326674     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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