Searching Low and High What Types of Firms use Universities as a Source of Innovation?

Keld Laursen () and Ammon Salter

No 03-16, DRUID Working Papers from DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies

Abstract: This paper examines the factors that influence whether firms draw from universities in their innovative activities. The link between the universities and industrial innovation, and the role of different search strategies in influencing the propensity of firms to use universities is explored. The results suggest that firms who adopt “open” search strategies and invest in R&D are more likely than other firms to draw from universities, indicating that managerial choice matters in shaping the propensity of firms to draw from universities.

Keywords: University-industry links; innovation; external search strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 C42 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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