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The impact of the regional environment on the knowledge transfer outcomes of public research organisations: preliminary results for Europe

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  • Es-Sadki, Nordine

    (UNU-MERIT)

  • Arundel, Anthony

    (UNU-MERIT)

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We use survey data for 238 European universities and 24 research institutes to examine the effects of regional factors at the NUTS-1 or NUTS-2 level on three knowledge transfer outcomes of public research organisations: the number of licence agreements, start-ups and R&D agreements with companies. We find that (1) a larger share of regional employment in high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors in the same region as the public research organisation has a positive impact on the number of licence agreements. (2) A larger share of employment in knowledge intensive services has a positive impact on the number of start-ups and research agreements, but a negative impact on licence agreements. (3) Competition as measured by the number of public research organisations in a region has a negative impact on all three outcomes. This paper draws on 2012-2013 survey data from ASTP-PROTON and from a Knowledge Transfer survey conducted for the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, Kommersialiserring av offentlig finansiert forskning - datainnsamling, systematisering og analyse for Forskningsbarometeret, under sub-contract for DAMVAD.

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  • Es-Sadki, Nordine & Arundel, Anthony, 2015. "The impact of the regional environment on the knowledge transfer outcomes of public research organisations: preliminary results for Europe," MERIT Working Papers 2015-017, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    • Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2015017
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    Keywords

    Technology transfer; Public research organisations; PRI; University-industry technology transfer; technology transfer offices; regional location; regional effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures

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