The Impact of Higher Education Institution-Firm Knowledge Links on Firm-level Productivity in Britain

Richard Harris (), Qian Li () and John Moffat

No 1017, Working Papers from University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper estimates whether knowledge links with universities impacts on establishment-level TFP. Using propensity score matching, the results show a positive and statistically significant impact although there are across production and non-production industries and domestically- and foreign-owned firms.

Keywords: Universities; Firm-level productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2010-09
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Journal Article: The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on firm-level productivity in Britain (2011)
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