TY - JOUR
T1 - Research subsidies, industry–university cooperation and innovation
AU - Szücs, Florian
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We evaluate the impact of the EC's Seventh Framework Programme, a large-scale research subsidy programme, on the innovation activities of subsidized firms, with a particular regard to industry–university partnerships. Using matching and difference-in-difference estimation, we find a positive effect on a range of innovation indicators. The number of project participants in general and university participants in particular positively affect performance, suggesting knowledge spillovers between project members. Research centres, on the other hand, do not exert positive externalities. We also find that the benefits of collaborating with universities are amplified by their academic quality.
AB - We evaluate the impact of the EC's Seventh Framework Programme, a large-scale research subsidy programme, on the innovation activities of subsidized firms, with a particular regard to industry–university partnerships. Using matching and difference-in-difference estimation, we find a positive effect on a range of innovation indicators. The number of project participants in general and university participants in particular positively affect performance, suggesting knowledge spillovers between project members. Research centres, on the other hand, do not exert positive externalities. We also find that the benefits of collaborating with universities are amplified by their academic quality.
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733318300908?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2018.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2018.04.009
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0048-7333
VL - 47
SP - 1256
EP - 1266
JO - Research Policy
JF - Research Policy
IS - 7
ER -