The determinants of university-industry collaboration in food science in Italy

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 710-718

  Muscio, Alessandro ^a   Nardone, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food science; Knowledge transfer; Research funding; University

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMETRICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH WORK; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ITALY;

EID: 84865962449     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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