Organisational Change and the Institutionalisation of University Patenting Activity in Italy

Minerva

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-53

  Baldini, Nicola ^a   Fini, Riccardo ^a   Grimaldi, Rosa ^a   Sobrero, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Isomorphic behaviour; Patent policies; University patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897927387     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-013-9243-9     Document Type: Article

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