Managerial challenges of publicly funded principal investigators

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 176-202

  Cunningham, James A ^a   O'Reilly, Paul ^b   O'Kane, Conor ^c   Mangematin, Vincent ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary spanners; Managerial challenges; Public funded principal investigators; Research commercialisation; Responsibilities; Role; Scientists; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BOUNDARY SPANNERS; COMMERCIALISATION; MANAGERIAL CHALLENGES; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; RESPONSIBILITIES; ROLE; SCIENTISTS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84930520290     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2015.069669     Document Type: Article

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