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The spatial profile of university-business research partnerships

D'Este, Pablo and Iammarino, Simona ORCID: 0000-0001-9450-1700 (2010) The spatial profile of university-business research partnerships. IAREG working paper. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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Abstract

University-industry linkages have long been at the centre of academic and policy attention. In spite of the copious literature on different aspects of such linkages, there is still rather inconclusive evidence on both the specific nature of the interactions between universities and businesses and their regional/spatial dimension. This paper focuses on one particular type of linkage between university and business – joint research partnerships – and addresses two specific issues. Firstly, it investigates the extent to which research quality and geographical proximity bear an influence on the intensity of university-industry collaborations. Secondly, it explores the factors affecting the spatial profile (i.e. proximity versus distance) of university-business partnerships. On the basis of an original database on collaborative research grants awarded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – integrated with other information sources – our findings generally support previous results highlighting the importance of geographical proximity in shaping university-industry collaborations. Yet, they indicate clearly that the spatial configuration of university-industry linkages is far from being a simple and uniform phenomenon, calling for greater caution when trying to apply “onesize- fits-all” and “picking winners” policy strategies.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL: http://www.iareg.org/index.php?id=22
Additional Information: © 2010 The Authors
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Spatial Economics Research Centre
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
JEL classification: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2010 12:24
Last Modified: 11 Feb 2024 18:09
Projects: Intangible assets and regional economic growth, Large-Scale Technological Change
Funders: European Community's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30044

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