Indicators of university–industry knowledge transfer performance and their implications for universities: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1970-1991

  Rossi, Federica ^a   Rosli, Ainurul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HE BCI survey; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Performance indicators; University industry relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954379732     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.914914     Document Type: Article

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