The importance of Intermediaries organizations in international R&D cooperation: an empirical multivariate study across Europe

Aurora Teixeira () and Margarida Catarino
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Margarida Catarino: Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto

No 38, GEE Papers from Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia

Abstract: Despite the large number of publications related to business cooperation in R&D and the wide perception of the importance of intermediary institutions in the R&D cooperation process, empirical studies on its role are scarce, scattered and fragmented. Moreover, the academic work developed in this area is basically of a theoretical nature, whereas the international perspective of R&D cooperation is seldom approached. Departing from a unique database that includes 473 R&D cooperation projects developed within the 6th Framework Programme, involving firms and intermediaries from all European Union countries, this paper gauges the determinants of the importance attached to Intermediaries, through a direct survey to the organizations involved. Based on an estimation of the multivariate model, this study demonstrates that the importance given to Intermediaries depends more on project features than on the characteristics of the participating organizations. In particular, the nationality of participating organizations and the promoter emerged with a strong explanatory power: ceteris paribus, projects with at least one participant from the United Kingdom tend to assign greater importance to intermediaries in international R&D cooperation. Unambiguously, results evidence that the innovating capacity of an organization emerges (both positively and significantly) associated with a greater importance attached to Intermediaries.

Keywords: R&D Cooperation; Intermediaries; International projects; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2011-05, Revised 2011-05
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