Impact of public seed-funding on academic spin-offs

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1100-1124

  Ayoub, Mark R ^a   Gottschalk, Sandra ^b   Müller, Bettina ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic spin off; Economic policy; Matching analysis; Technology transfer; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CONTRACTING STRUCTURES; ECONOMIC POLICIES; ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES; FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS; MATCHING ANALYSIS; SCIENCE-BASED ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; SPIN OFF; VENTURE CAPITAL;

FINANCE;

EID: 84964027530     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9476-5     Document Type: Article

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