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dc.contributor.authorLeten, Bart
dc.contributor.authorLandoni, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorVan Looy, Bart
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-02T14:41:59Z
dc.date.available2017-12-02T14:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/4024
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of universities on the technological performance of adjacent firms. We extend existing research by jointly analyzing, and comparing, the effects of education (graduates) and scientific research activities (publications) of universities on firms’ technological performance. Adopting the Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production framework, our study is conducted at the regional level, employing panel data for 101 Italian provinces and four industries. Overall, fixed effect panel data models reveal a positive effect of both university graduates and publications on the technological performance of firms. At the same time, considerable industry differences are observed. While in electronic and electrical industries both graduates and publications affect the technological performance of firms, chemical and mechanical industries only benefit from graduates, while the opposite holds for pharmaceutical firms. Combined these findings suggest that the impact of different academic activities is contingent on the industrial texture of regions in which universities are embedded.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectInnovation Management & Entrepreneurship
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectInnovation Management
dc.titleEducation or scientific research: How do firms benefit from the proximity of universities
refterms.dateFOA2023-10-11T05:23:42Z
vlerick.knowledgedomainEntrepreneurship
vlerick.knowledgedomainInnovation Management
vlerick.supervisor
vlerick.typecommWorking paper
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentTOM
dc.identifier.vperid144312
dc.identifier.vperid130810
dc.identifier.vperid28099
dc.identifier.vpubid4652


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