Assessing the impact of organizational practices on the relative productivity of university technology transfer offices: An exploratory study

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-48

  Siegel, Donald S ^a,d   Waldman, David ^b   Link, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Stochastic frontier estimation (SFE); Technology transfer offices (TTOs); University industry technology transfer (UITT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867972841     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00196-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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