How do universities shape founding teams? Social proximity and informal mechanisms of knowledge transfer in student entrepreneurship
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Student entrepreneurship; Graduate entrepreneurship; Technology transfer; New firms; Founding teams;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
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