BRIEF NOTES ON THE POLICIES FOR SCIENCE-BASED FIRMS

Mario De Marchi (demarchi@isrds.rm.cnr.it) and Maurizio Rocchi (rocchi@isrds.rm.cnr.it)
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Mario De Marchi: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,Istituto di Ricerca sull’Impresa e lo Sviluppo,Sezione di Ricerca di Roma, Istituzioni e Politiche per la Scienza e la Tecnologia(Ceris-Cnr), Via dei Taurini, 19, 00185 Roma, Italy
Maurizio Rocchi: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,Istituto di Ricerca sull’Impresa e lo Sviluppo,Sezione di Ricerca di Roma, Istituzioni e Politiche per la Scienza e la Tecnologia(Ceris-Cnr), Via dei Taurini, 19. 00185 Roma, Italy

CERIS Working Paper from CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY

Abstract: One of the main reasons why the Italian industry’s R&D activities lag behind those of its competitors is often suggested to be the very low weight of high technology firms in that productive system.Here, we propose a specific measure to correct this anomaly. It aims both to foster the industry’s R&D and encourage a closer co-operation of public universities with private companies.This policy provision would serve a dual purpose: it could be seen as a means of fostering the co-operation between the public research sphere and industry; it could also be a way of financing the research universities do.We argue that, by submitting additional funding for university research to a judicious evaluation by private sector producers, Italy could increase its prospects of achieving economic returns on academic research.

Keywords: Research policy; Industrial research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2004-12
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