Science and technology parks: an annotated and analytical literature review

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 957-976

  Hobbs, Kelsi G ^a   Link, Albert N ^a   Scott, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Science park; Technology park

Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; CLUSTERS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DATA AVAILABILITY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NOCV1; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS; SCIENCE PARK; UNITED KINGDOM;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84996931628     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9522-3     Document Type: Article

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