African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Commercialisation of research and technology: A multiple case study of university technology business incubators

Nkosinathi Sithole
  • Nkosinathi Sithole
  • Business School, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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Robert O. Rugimbana
  • Robert O. Rugimbana
  • Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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  •  Received: 03 March 2014
  •  Accepted: 24 July 2014
  •  Published: 28 August 2014

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