Who is the academic entrepreneur? The role of graduate students in the development of university spinoffs

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1237-1254

  Hayter, Christopher S ^a   Lubynsky, Roman ^b   Maroulis, Spiro ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Student entrepreneurship; Technology transfer; University spinoffs

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF COMPANIES; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84961204071     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9470-y     Document Type: Article

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