Strategic entrepreneurship, resource orchestration and growing spin-offs from universities

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 911-927

  Wright, Mike ^a,b   Clarysse, Bart ^a,c   Mosey, Simon ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic entrepreneurship; resource based view; spin off; university

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HIGHER EDUCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84867315341     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2012.718665     Document Type: Article

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