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The governance of University knowledge transfer

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  • Aldo Geuna

    (SPRU, University of Sussex & Department of Economics S. Cognetti de Martiis, University of Turin)

  • Alessandro Muscio

    (GRIF, Università Luiss Guido Carli)

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  • Aldo Geuna & Alessandro Muscio, 2008. "The governance of University knowledge transfer," SPRU Working Paper Series 173, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
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    Keywords

    European Universities; Knowledge Transfer; Governance; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Transfer Organization;
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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