Academics’ Motivations and Depth and Breadth of Knowledge Transfer Activities

Roberto Iorio, Sandrine Labory and Francesco Rentocchini ()
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Francesco Rentocchini: University of Valencia

No 1401, Working Papers from c.MET-05 - Centro Interuniversitario di Economia Applicata alle Politiche per L'industria, lo Sviluppo locale e l'Internazionalizzazione

Abstract: The debate on the entrepreneurial university has raised questions about what motivates academics to engage with industry as well as what forms these knowledge transfer activities can take. This paper analyses the relationship between different forms of motivations, namely mission (following the entrepreneurial mission of the university), learning (access to wider knowledge base for research enhancement) and funding (obtaining financial resources), and the depth and breadth of knowledge transfer activities, measured by the combination of various formal and informal activities and the frequency of interactions. The study is focused on the case of Italian academics but it covers all disciplines. We find that the learning motivation appears to be less important in Italy while mission and funding prevail, probably due to the peculiarities of the Italian industrial system and to the necessity for Italian academics to look for external funding sources for their research.

Keywords: University-industry relations; joint research; collaborative research; commercialisation; entrepreneurial university; motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014-10
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