Situated regional university incubation: A multi-level stakeholder perspective

Technovation

Volumn 50-51, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-78

  McAdam, Maura ^a   Miller, Kristel ^a   McAdam, Rodney ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative case study analysis; Regional context; Stakeholder theory; University incubation models

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PERIPHERAL REGIONS; REGIONAL CONTEXT; REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; STAKEHOLDER THEORY;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84948845757     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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