The effects of universities' proximity to industrial districts on university-industry collaboration

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 639-650

  Muscio, Alessandro ^a   Quaglione, Davide ^b   Scarpinato, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industrial districts; Technology transfer; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865401003     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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