Entrepreneurial universities in two European regions: A case study comparison

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 415-434

  Guerrero, Maribel ^a,b   Urbano, David ^b   Cunningham, James ^c   Organ, Damien ^c  

^a Orkestra Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto Business School   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial universities; Europe; Institutional economics; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

BUSINESS AND SOCIETIES; ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY; EUROPE; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84900304723     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9287-2     Document Type: Article

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