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 in | The Journal of technology transfer Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 841 - 871 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Springer US
01.08.2016
Springer Nature B.V |
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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 |