Bridging the mutual knowledge gap: Coordination and the commercialization of university science

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 498-524

  Kotha, Reddi ^a   George, Gerard ^b   Srikanth, Kannan ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

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EID: 84878649198     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0948     Document Type: Article

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