Academic spin-offs, corporate spin-outs and company internal start-ups as technology transfer approach

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-470

  Festel, Gunter ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Festel Capital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Spin off; Spin out; Start up; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS; COMMERCIAL OPERATION; COMMERCIALISATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; SPIN-OFF; SPIN-OUTS; TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES;

EDUCATION; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84880513921     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9256-9     Document Type: Article

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