Commercialising university inventions for sustainability-A case study of (non-)intermediating 'cleantech' at Aalto University

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 631-644

  Kivimaa, Paula ^a,b   Boon, Wouter ^c   Antikainen, Riina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cleantech; Innovation ecosystem; Innovation intermediaries; Sustainability; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

FINLAND;

EID: 85032017276     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scw090     Document Type: Article

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