Academic Inventions Outside the University: Investigating Patent Ownership in the UK

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-398

  Lawson, Cornelia ^a,b  

^a BRICK   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

academic entrepreneurship; academic patenting; patent ownership; sponsored research; university industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; OWNERSHIP; RESEARCH; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884262114     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.824191     Document Type: Article

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