Publicly funded principal investigators allocation of time for public sector entrepreneurship activities

Economia e Politica Industriale

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 383-408

  Cunningham, James A ^a   O’Reilly, Paul ^b   Dolan, Brendan ^c   O’Kane, Conor ^d   Mangematin, Vincent ^e  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Economic impact boundary spanning; Impact; Ireland; Principal investigators; Public sector entrepreneurship; Technology transfer; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996539902     PISSN: 03912078     EISSN: 19724977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40812-016-0054-5     Document Type: Article

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