Academic Entrepreneurship and Exchange of Scientific Resources: Material Transfer in Life and Materials Sciences in Japanese Universities

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 804-830

  Shibayama, Sotaro ^a,b   Walsh, John P ^a,c,d,e   Baba, Yasunori ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d International Center for Economic Research   (Italy)

^e International Center for Economic Research   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

academic capitalism; academic entrepreneurship; material transfer; scientific norms; social exchange

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CAPITALISM; ENTREPRENEUR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84867021158     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412452874     Document Type: Article

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