Against the one-way-street: Analyzing knowledge transfer from industry to science

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-246

  Fier, Heide ^a   Pyka, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology industry; Patent citation analysis; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTORS; BIVARIATE PROBIT; CITATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PATENT CITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROBABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84897607614     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-011-9226-7     Document Type: Article

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