Choice of Structure, Business Model and Portfolio: Organizational Models of Knowledge Transfer Offices in British Universities

British Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 687-710

  Sengupta, Abhijit ^a   Ray, Amit S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 85016427681     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12224     Document Type: Article

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