University-industry linkages. Among italian regions: a supply-demand analysis

Journal title RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO
Author/s Eleonora Pierucci
Publishing Year 2015 Issue 2015/2 Language English
Pages 29 P. 5-33 File size 232 KB
DOI 10.3280/REST2015-002001
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The aim of this work is to investigate University-Industry (U-I) collaborations in biopharmaceuticals applying a supply-demand analysis at a regional level. As the most representative science-based industry, the biopharmaceutical, unlike other high-tech industry, has the vital need to engage in research activities with universities and public research centers to exploit knowledge spillovers, essential to its growth. Using co-publishing as a proxy for U-I linkages we explore through a supply- demand analysis the "market for co-publication" among Italian regions. Moreover, using a dataset constructed for the purpose of the research, we are able to exploit, for the first time, the panel dimension of data to investigate the determinants of U-I collaborations applying probabilistic models over a wide time horizon, which goes from 2001 to 2010. Among the main results, we document: 1) a marked shortage of demand for collaborations coming from firms; 2) heterogeneity among universities’ interaction performances; 3) limited collaborations with multinationals, often activated with the country of origin rather than with local branches; 4) positive impact on U-I linkages of geographical proximity, stock of academic staff and agglomeration of firms

Jel codes: O310, O320, O330, R100

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Eleonora Pierucci, University-industry linkages. Among italian regions: a supply-demand analysis in "RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA E STATISTICA DEL TERRITORIO" 2/2015, pp 5-33, DOI: 10.3280/REST2015-002001