Impact of university intellectual property policy on the performance of university-industry research collaboration

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-301

  Okamuro, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishimura, Junichi ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commitment; Intellectual property policy; Japan; Project performance; Research collaboration; University

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMITMENT; JAPAN; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; UNIVERSITY;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84877085352     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9253-z     Document Type: Article

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