Composition of inventor teams and technological progress - The role of collaboration between academia and industry

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1360-1375

  Dornbusch, Friedrich ^a,c   Neuhäusler, Peter ^b,c  

^a Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic patents; Germany; Inventor team; Research collaboration; Technological impact

Indexed keywords

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ACADEMIC PATENTS; GERMANY; INVENTOR TEAM; RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84951292107     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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