FEMALE ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMERCIALISATION: Reviewing the evidence and identifying the challenges

The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 78-91

  Smith, Helen Lawton ^a   Etzkowitz, Henry ^b,c   Meschitti, Viviana ^a   Poulovassilis, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Triple Helix Association   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315794570-6     Document Type: Chapter

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