Asking both university and industry actors about their engagement in knowledge transfer: What single-group studies of motives omit

Technovation

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 50-65

  Ankrah, S N ^a   Burgess, T F ^a   Grimshaw, P ^a   Shaw, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Motives; Outcomes; Relationships; University industry

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MOTIVES; OUTCOMES; RELATIONSHIPS; UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84874656112     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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