A taxonomy of small firm technology commercialization

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 371-405

  Libaers, Dirk ^a   Hicks, Diana ^b   Portery, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COMMERCIALIZATION; INNOVATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974560571     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq039     Document Type: Article

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