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Universities, SMEs and social capital: can you get too much of a good thing? an illustrative analysis of one university’s knowledge exchange programme

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Universities, SMEs and social capital: can you get too much of a good thing? an illustrative analysis of one university’s knowledge exchange programme. / Gordon, Ian.
In: Industry and Higher Education, Vol. 30, No. 6, 31.12.2016, p. 382-393.

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Gordon I. Universities, SMEs and social capital: can you get too much of a good thing? an illustrative analysis of one university’s knowledge exchange programme. Industry and Higher Education. 2016 Dec 31;30(6):382-393. Epub 2016 Sept 22. doi: 10.1177/0950422216670491

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