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Resilience through the COVID Pandemic: Welsh Academia-Industry Collaboration for Life Science Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

MICHAEL WINN

Postgraduate Research Conference

Swansea University Author: MICHAEL WINN

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The aim of this literature review is to establish the role of academic-industry collaboration, particularly in relation to SME resilience in the Life Science sector, against the economic threat of the COVID pandemic. The significance of this paper is to introduce relevant themes by synthesising the...

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Published: Swansea, UK School of Management, Swansea University 2021
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