University support and the creation of technology and non-technology academic spin-offs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 345-362

  Meoli, Michele ^a,b   Vismara, Silvio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Hybrid entrepreneurship; Necessity entrepreneurship; Spin offs; Technology transfer; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960118548     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9721-1     Document Type: Article

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