Cooperation with universities in a function of innovation development: Analysis of data in AP Vojvodina (original) (raw)

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capacity of whole economy and possibilities of technology transfer. The level of cooperation with universities was explored in the sample of 200 small business organizations from the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Statistical methods used in the research are descriptive statistics and the Spearman's rho correlation. The results indicate a positive estimation of entrepreneurs regarding the cooperation with universities in the observed sample.

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