The influence of academic staff's personal and professional characteristics on the decision to cooperate with industry

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-309

  Franco, Mário ^a   Haase, Heiko ^b   Fernandes, António ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Knowledge and technology transfer; Portugal; University industry cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899798412     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.060770     Document Type: Article

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