Publicly Funded Principal Investigators as Transformative Agents of Public Sector Entrepreneurship

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-94

  Cunningham, James A ^a   O’Reilly, Paul ^b   O’Kane, Conor ^c   Mangematin, Vincent ^d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Economic Prosperity; Industry Partner; Principal Investigator; Project Budget; Project Partner

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043728643     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26677-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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