The entrepreneurial university, academic activities and technology and knowledge transfer in four European countries

Technovation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Kalar, Barbara ^a   Antoncic, Bostjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Entrepreneurial academic activities; Entrepreneurial university; Entrepreneurially oriented university department; Technology and knowledge transfer; Traditional academic activities

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY; ENTREPRENEURIALLY ORIENTED UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922375333     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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