The double-edged sword of industry collaboration: Evidence from engineering academics in the UK

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1160-1175

  Banal Estañol, Albert ^a,b   Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^a   Lawson, Cornelia ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^c BRICK   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic vs. applied research; Industry science links; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

APPLIED RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; INDUSTRY COLLABORATION; INDUSTRY SCIENCE LINKS; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; SELECTION MECHANISM; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84929145290     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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