Bridging knowledge to commercialization: The good, the bad, and the challenging

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-405

  Baycan, Tüzin ^a,b   Stough, Roger R ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

O17; O31; O32; O33; O34; O38

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875504615     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0510-8     Document Type: Article

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