Technology transfer organizations: Services and business models

Technovation

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 431-449

  Landry, Réjean ^a   Amara, Nabil ^a   Cloutier, Jean Samuel ^a   Halilem, Norrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intermediary organizations; Regressions; Services provided to firms; Survey; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODEL FRAMEWORKS; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; REGRESSIONS; SERVICES PROVIDED TO FIRMS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ORGANIZATIONS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84888016622     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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