University and inter-firm R&D collaborations: propensity and intensity of cooperation in Europe

This paper investigates the determinants of firms’ decision to cooperate in R&D with universities and the intensity of the cooperation effort, in relation to the engagement in inter-firm R&D collaborations. Using novel survey data for seven EU countries between 2007 and 2009, our analysis ac...

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Published inThe Journal of technology transfer Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 841 - 871
Main Authors Aristei, David, Vecchi, Michela, Venturini, Francesco
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.08.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agreements
Business and Management
Collaboration
Colleges & universities
Commercial Law
Cooperation
Determinants
Economic Growth
Industrial Organization
Information sharing
Innovation/Technology Management
Innovations
Knowledge
Management
Public private partnerships
R&D
Research & development
Studies
Technology transfer
Europe
EU
Firm R&D collaborations
University
C24
D22
O31
Cooperative effort
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Summary:This paper investigates the determinants of firms’ decision to cooperate in R&D with universities and the intensity of the cooperation effort, in relation to the engagement in inter-firm R&D collaborations. Using novel survey data for seven EU countries between 2007 and 2009, our analysis accounts for unobservable factors influencing R&D cooperation forms and addresses the main endogeneity issues. We find that internal knowledge, appropriability conditions and incoming spillovers explain a large variation of the probability and of the intensity of R&D collaborations of European firms with universities (and comparably with unaffiliated companies).
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ISSN:0892-9912
0892-9912
1573-7047
DOI:10.1007/s10961-015-9403-1