Government-driven university-industry linkages in an emerging country: the case of China

Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-282

  Su, Dejin ^a,b   Zhou, Dayong ^b   Liu, Chunlin ^a   Kong, Lanlan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Reform and open policy; S T policies; University industry linkages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941927283     PISSN: 20534620     EISSN: 20534639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSTPM-02-2015-0008     Document Type: Article

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