Benefiting from Publicly Funded Pre-competitive Research – Differences between Insiders and Outsiders

Verena Eckl and Dirk Engel

No 129, Ruhr Economic Papers from RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen

Abstract: This article contributes to the debate on the systemic effects of technology policy by investigating knowledge spillovers of pre-competitive publicly funded Industrial Collective Research (ICR) in Germany. The ICR aims to compensate for obstacles faced by SME in carrying out research and development (R&D). Using data from 911 firms surveyed in 2006, the results show that non-participants use ICR results to a significant extent. However, almost all users in the group of non-participants are engaged in other publicly funded or non-publicly funded collaborative research projects with research institutes affiliated to ICR.

Keywords: Technology policy Evaluation; public R&D subsidies; pre-competitive research; spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 D21 H59 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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