Academic entrepreneurship: Which inventors do technology licensing officers prefer for spinoffs?

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 273-292

  Shane, Scott ^a   Dolmans, Sharon A M ^b   Jankowski, Joseph ^c   Reymen, Isabelle M M J ^b   Romme, A Georges L ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Technology commercialization; Technology licensing offices; University inventions; University spinoffs

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OFFICES; UNIVERSITY INVENTIONS; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 85027923408     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-014-9365-8     Document Type: Article

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