The effects of university rules on spinoff creation: The case of academia in Italy

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1386-1396

  Muscio, Alessandro ^a   Quaglione, Davide ^b   Ramaciotti, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic entrepreneurship; Knowledge transfer strategies; Spinoff creation; University spinoff rules; University Industry interaction

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SPINOFF CREATION; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY INTERACTION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84992304321     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.04.011     Document Type: Article

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