Constraining entrepreneurial development: A knowledge-based view of social networks among academic entrepreneurs

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 475-490

  Hayter, Christopher S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillovers; Social networks; Technology transfer; University spinoffs

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY SPANNING; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84955293527     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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