Cross-border M&As of biotech firms affiliated with internationalized universities

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-433

  Cattaneo, Mattia ^a,b   Meoli, Michele ^a,b   Vismara, Silvio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Internationalization; IPOs; M As; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HUMAN CAPITALS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; INTERNATIONALIZATION; IPOS; SPIN OFF; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84929061119     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-014-9349-8     Document Type: Article

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