Finding the right partners: Institutional and personal modes of governance of university-industry interactions

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-62

  Bodas Freitas, Isabel Maria ^a,b   Geuna, Aldo ^c,d   Rossi, Federica ^e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic consulting; Governance; Open innovation; Technology transfer; University industry interactions

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC CONSULTING; ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES; CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS; CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE FORMS; ITALIAN REGIONS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MODE INTERACTIONS; OPEN INNOVATION; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SMALL FIRM; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICES; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY INTERACTION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870333231     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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