Public or private entrepreneurship? Revisiting motivations and definitions of success among academic entrepreneurs

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1003-1015

  Hayter, Christopher S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Entrepreneurial motivations; Entrepreneurship; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; CRITICAL COMPONENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FINANCIAL MOTIVATION; TEACHING AND RESEARCHES; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF COMPANIES; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84946143649     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-015-9426-7     Document Type: Article

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