University spillovers into small technology-based firms: channel, mechanism, and geography

Nobuya Fukugawa ()

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2013, vol. 38, issue 4, 415-431

Abstract: This study examines how university knowledge spills over into small technology-based firms in Japan. Estimated Heckman selection models taking into account the timing of university-industry research collaboration and geographical proximity to spillover pools reveal that cooperative research with universities positively affects R&D productivity of small technology-based firms with a three-year lag. Among small technology-based firms that collaborate with universities in research, firms with local ties have a greater advantage in improving the quality of their R&D personnel through the acquisition of complementary knowledge. Theoretical and policy implications of empirical results are discussed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2013

Keywords: Spillover; University; Small firms; Cooperative research; Japan; L25; O33; M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9247-x

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