From “transplant with the soil” toward the establishment of the innovation ecosystem: A case study of a leading high-tech company in China

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 136, Issue , 2018, Pages 222-234

  Wu, Jinxi ^a   Ding, Ling ^a,c   Lu, Chao ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Michelle)   (Belgium)

^c Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Commercialization of university research; Complex Product Systems (CoPS); Innovation ecosystem; Transplant with the soil (TPS); University industry linkage (UIL)

Indexed keywords

SOILS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX PRODUCT SYSTEMS; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY LINKAGES; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 85021276209     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.06.001     Document Type: Article

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