Delay and secrecy: Does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?
Abstract
The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. Aggregate data from the OECD show a broad shift in the institutional financing structure that supports academic research from public to private sponsorship. This paper examines the relationship between industry sponsorship and restrictions on disclosure using individual-level data on German academic researchers. Accounting for selfselection into extramural sponsorship, our evidence strongly supports the perspective that industry sponsorship jeopardizes public disclosure of academic research. --Download Info
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Paper provided by ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research in its series ZEW Discussion Papers with number 11-009.Length:
Date of creation: 2011
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Handle: RePEc:zbw:zewdip:11009
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Keywords: Open science; research funding; industry sponsorship; disclosure; secrecy;Other versions of this item:
- Czarnitzki, Dirk & Grimpe, Christophe & Toole, Andrew A., 2011. "Delay and secrecy: Does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/296277, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
- O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O32 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2011-03-26 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2011-03-26 (Education)
- NEP-INO-2011-03-26 (Innovation)
- NEP-IPR-2011-03-26 (Intellectual Property Rights)
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- Czarnitzki, Dirk & Rammer, Christian & Toole, Andrew A., 2013.
"University spinoffs and the 'performance premium',"
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13-004, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Czarnitzki, Dirk & Rammer, Christian & Toole, Andrew A., 2013. "University spinoffs and the "Performance Premium"," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/377375, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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