Exploring the Relationship Between Scientist Human Capital and Firm Performance: The Case of Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurs in the SBIR Program

Andrew A. Toole
Andrew A. Toole
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Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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Dirk Czarnitzki
Dirk Czarnitzki
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Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy, and Innovation and Steunpunt O&O Indicatoren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; and Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), 68161 Mannheim, Germany
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Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy, and Innovation and Steunpunt O&O Indicatoren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; and Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), 68161 Mannheim, Germany

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Published Online:7 Oct 2008https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1080.0913

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