Academy-industry links in Brazil: evidence about channels and benefits for firms and researchers
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2010
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Beech Tree Publishing
Abstract
Knowledge flows between universities, public research institutes and firms may take various channels
according to agents’ motivations and expected benefits. Models were estimated to investigate which
channels of interaction lead to which benefits for firms, universities and research institutes in Brazil.
Bi-directional channels are shown to be particularly relevant, yielding both innovative and productive
benefits for the firms and intellectual and economic benefits for the universities. As for interactions
between firms and research institutes, bi-directional channels are the most important in terms of
intellectual benefits for the researchers and innovative benefits for the firms. These findings seem to
confirm the dual role of the universities, versus a more focused one for the research institutes, and raise
policy issues. Moreover, a negative correlation between investment in internal research and
development and productive benefits for the firms was found, indicating that the expected benefits of
public expenditure are not turning into innovation.
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BRAZIL, UNIVERSITIES, INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, RESEARCH NETWORKS, ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH, ECONOMETRICS, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, RESEARCH CENTRES
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Fernandes, A. C., Campello de Souza, B., Stamford da Silva, A., Suzigan, W., Chaves, C. V., & Albuquerque, E. (2010). Academy–industry links in Brazil:
evidence about channels and benefits for firms and researchers. Science and Public Policy, 37(7): 485–498. doi: 10.3152/030234210X512016