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“Meet me at the backdoor”: A multiple case study of academic entrepreneurs bypassing their technology transfer offices "后门见"：学术企业家绕过技术转让办公室的多重案例研究

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105156

Norrin Halilem, Balla Diop

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Governance of knowledge development in a public-private partnership: NASA's efforts to design the Space Shuttle 公私伙伴关系中的知识开发管理：美国国家航空航天局（NASA）设计航天飞机的努力

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105151

Raja Roy

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Interfaces, social information processing, and diversity cascades: How board diversity influences invention output 界面、社会信息处理和多样性级联：董事会多样性如何影响发明产出

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105148

Daniel Z. Mack , Guoli Chen , Po-Hsuan Hsu , Yen Teik Lee , Gerard George

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The Government Patent Register: A new resource for measuring U.S. government-funded patenting 政府专利登记簿：衡量美国政府资助专利的新资源

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105142

Daniel P. Gross , Bhaven N. Sampat

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Tracing productivity growth channels in the UK 追踪英国生产力增长渠道

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105149

Daniel Garcia-Macia , Julia Korosteleva

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Assessing the productivity and abatement effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment 评估 1990 年《清洁空气法修正案》的生产力和减排效果

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105145

Jason Campbell , Steven Levkoff

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Who stands on the shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from chemistry 谁站在中国（科学）巨人的肩膀上？化学证据

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105147

Shumin Qiu , Claudia Steinwender , Pierre Azoulay

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Institutionalising the digital transition: The role of digital innovation intermediaries 数字化转型的制度化：数字创新中介机构的作用

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105146

Ana Colovic , Annalisa Caloffi , Federica Rossi , Margherita Russo

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Understanding the role of internal governance units in the process of social innovation: The case of Shared Lives Plus in England 了解内部治理单位在社会创新过程中的作用：英格兰 "共享生活+"案例

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105152

Carl Purcell , Jill Manthorpe , Juliette Malley

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Case study research on innovation systems: Paradox, dialectical analysis and resolution 创新体系案例研究：悖论、辩证分析和解决方案

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Research Policy Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105136

Thanos Fragkandreas

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