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Externalidades Da Investigacao Universitaria Sobre A Produtividade Das Empresas: Analisis De La Economia Portuguesa En 2001-2004

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  • Pereira O.

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  • Correia, I.M.

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    A literatura económica recente salienta o papel da cognição e dos spillovers do conhecimento intra e inter empresas, assim como entre Universidades e empresas, assumindo-se que estas relações constituem um mecanismo de transmissão do conhecimento e que são uma condição necessária, embora não suficiente, para o sucesso da inovação. Em particular, questiona-se o papel das Universidades nos processos de transmissão do conhecimento, esperando-se que, na presença de spillovers das Universidades para as empresas, o desempenho destas seja influenciado pela sua localização próxima da Universidade. Também será de esperar que a Universidade esteja na base da produção do capital humano empresarial, com especial destaque para o conhecimento tácito.Neste trabalho, utilizamos dados do IFQUATRO e testamos a existência de externalidades positivas sobre o desempenho das empresas portuguesas e relacionando-o com a distância às Universidades. O indicador utilizado como medida do desempenho das empresas é a produtividade do trabalho.

    Recent economic literature has pointed out the role of cognition and knowledge spillovers intra and inter companies, as well as between Universities and companies, claiming that these relationships constitute a mechanism for knowledge transmission and that they are a necessary condition, although not a sufficient one, for the success of innovation. In particular, the role of universities in the processes of knowledge transmission is questioned, hoping that, in the presence of spillovers from Universities to companies, their performance will be influenced by the fact that they are located near a University. It is also to be expected that the University is on the basis of production of human capital for companies, with emphasis on tacit knowledge. In this project we have used data from IFQUATRO and tested the existence of positive externalities over the performance of Portuguese companies, relating it with the distance from Universities. The indicator used as measure for company performance is work productivity.

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    Article provided by Euro-American Association of Economic Development in its journal Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies.

    Volume (Year): 7 (2007)
    Issue (Month): 2 ()
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