Formal and Informal Knowledge and Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 683-700

  Grimpe, Christoph ^a,b   Hussinger, Katrin ^c,d,e  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

complementarity; innovation performance; University knowledge and technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

GERMANY;

EID: 84889055322     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.856620     Document Type: Article

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