Article
University and inter-firm R&D collaborations: propensity and intensity of cooperation in Europe
The Journal of Technology Transfer
(2016)
Abstract
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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Publication Date
2016
Citation Information
David Aristei, Michela Vecchi and Francesco Venturini. "University and inter-firm R&D collaborations: propensity and intensity of cooperation in Europe" The Journal of Technology Transfer Vol. 41 Iss. 4 (2016) p. 841 - 871 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/francesco_venturini/55/