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Research PolicyVolume 42, Issue 3, April 2013, Pages 788-800

University effects on regional innovation(Article)

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  • aBETA, University of Strasbourg, 61 avenue de la Forêt Noire, 67085 Strasbourg, France
  • bUNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, Netherlands
  • cInstitute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC), Calle Albasanz 26-28, Madrid 28037, Spain

Abstract

This paper analyzes empirically whether expansion of a university system affects local industry innovation. We examine how the opening of new university schools in Italy during 1985-2000 affected regional innovation. We find that creation of new schools increased regional innovation activity already within five years. On average, an opening of a new school has led to a seven percent change in the number of patents filed by regional firms. The evidence suggests that the effect is mainly generated by high quality scientific research brought to the region with new schools. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Author keywords

Industry-university interactionPublicationsRegional innovationUniversity research

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms:School buildings
Engineering uncontrolled termsIndustry innovationsIndustry-university interactionPublicationsRegional firmsRegional innovationScientific researchesUniversity researchUniversity system
Engineering main heading:Regional planning

Funding details

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Agence Nationale de la Recherche
See opportunities by ANR		ANR

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    We would like to acknowledge the inputs of members of the KEINS project, and particularly Francesco Lissoni and Bulat Sanditov, for their gracious openness and valuable help with the data. We are also grateful to Francesco Quatraro who provided us with the historic data on Italian regional R&D collected from various issues of ISTAT. We also acknowledge the helpful comments of Bronwyn Hall, Jacques Mairesse, Joel Baum and all the participants of XXXII Symposium of Economic Analysis in Granada and DIME Conference “Knowledge Based Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Networks, and System” in Milan. This research was supported by the DYREC Chaire d’ Excellence of Robin Cowan, funded by the French ANR , and grants from ESF COST and APE-INV projects.

  • ISSN: 00487333
  • CODEN: REPYB
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.10.001
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

  Cowan, R.; UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, Keizer Karelplein 19, Netherlands;
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