Delay and secrecy: Does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 251-279

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Grimpe, Christoph ^c,d   Toole, Andrew A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; OECD;

EID: 84925293531     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtu011     Document Type: Article

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