Exploring the roles of university spin-offs in business networks

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-166

  Aaboen, Lise ^a   Laage Hellman, Jens ^b   Lind, Frida ^b   Öberg, Christina ^c   Shih, Tommy ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Innovation; Networks; Resource interaction; Role; Spin off; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961918797     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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