A virtuous circle? The effects of university–industry relationships in a region with low absorptive capacity

Jaider Vega-Jurado (), Liney Manjarrés-Henríquez, Ignacio Fernández- de-Lucio and Gloria Naranjo-Africano

Science and Public Policy, vol. 47, issue 4, 503-513

Abstract: This article examines the effects of university–industry relationships (UIRs) in a Spanish region—Valencian Community—with low absorptive capacity. The analysis considers two effects of UIRs, one on business innovation and the other on the scientific production of academic researchers. The results reveal that UIRs have no significant effects on either firms’ technological innovation or academic scientific production. Therefore, these results suggest that, in territories with low absorptive capacity, UIRs, mainly R&D-based, do not produce the effects found in other contexts, which requires some rethinking about these types of territories.

Keywords: university–industry relationships; absorptive capacity; innovation; scientific production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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