The Role of Human Capital of Management Team on Performance in Iranian Academic Spin-Offs

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Mehdi Shahsavari ¹ (Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran)
Jalal Haghighat-Monfared ² (Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2015-01-15 Accepted : 2015-01-25 Published : 2017-01-01

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