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It is October 2012 and I am with Professor Ted Cocking FRS of The University of Nottingham with a team of professionals from Azotic Technologies Ltd, a spin-out company formed to commercialise the nitrogen fixation technology invented by Professor Cocking.
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Blezard, P. (2014). Innovation and Commercialisation in Global Science. In: Greenaway, D., Rudd, C.D. (eds) The Business Growth Benefits of Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137320704_6
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