Evaluating the NASA small business innovation research program: Preliminary evidence of a trade-off between commercialization and basic research

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-619

  Archibald, Robert B ^a   Finifter, David H ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Federal R D; NASA; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867921747     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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