How does university-industry collaboration relate to research resources and technical-scientific activities? An analysis at the laboratory level

Alexandre Dias () and Beatriz Selan ()
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Alexandre Dias: University of São Paulo
Beatriz Selan: Estácio University Center

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2023, vol. 48, issue 1, No 12, 392-415

Abstract: Abstract From an exclusive national sample of Brazilian university laboratories, this study examines the relationship between the intensity of university-industry collaboration (UIC) and the scale of research resources and the scope of activities at the laboratory level. We defined the scale of the laboratories' research resources in terms of staff and capital stock. The staff of laboratories was proxied by the number of permanent researchers, non-permanent researchers, and non-researchers who made up their personnel structure. The capital stock was proxied by the value of the laboratories’ equipment infrastructure. The scope of activities conducted in the laboratories covered teaching, research, technological development, the provision of technological services, and technological extension. Results of the ordered logit model indicated that the number of non-researchers in the laboratory staff is positively associated with the intensity of the UIC, emphasizing the relevance of the non-academic experience for the establishment of links between laboratories and industry. A new type of evidence showed that the latent variable for the UIC intensity increased with the scale of the equipment infrastructure. We also found a positive relationship between UIC and technological activities at the laboratory level. Idiosyncrasies concerning the knowledge fields of the laboratories are discussed.

Keywords: University-industry collaboration; Collaboration drivers; Research laboratories; National innovation system; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 N76 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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