On the role of university in the promotion of innovation: exploratory evidences from a university-industry cooperation experience in Brazil

Alex da Silva Alves, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, Maria Helena Teixeira Da Silva and Valdir de Jesus Lameira

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2015, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: This paper addresses firms' efforts to innovate through collaborative R%D carried with research universities in Brazil. In Brazil, the resources of federal and state agencies, along with the universities' infrastructure, act as a link to enhance this endeavour. This study examines university-industry interaction in pursuit of innovation using a bibliographical review and a case study involving two state universities and four companies in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The paper suggests that new policies are required to promote a level of university-industry cooperation in Brazil in which universities can better capture the positive economic externalities arising out of cooperation.

Keywords: innovation; university-industry cooperation; learning; industrial collaboration; universities; university research; R%D financing; Brazil; collaborative R%D; research and development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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