Academic inventors: collaboration and proximity with industry

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 730-762

  Crescenzi, Riccardo ^a   Filippetti, Andrea ^a,b,c   Iammarino, Simona ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Institutional and geographical proximity; Regions; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PARTNERS; COLLABORATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; INDUSTRY COLLABORATION; REGIONS; UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 85009932316     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-016-9550-z     Document Type: Article

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