Links and impacts: The influence of public research on industrial R&D

被引:1320
作者
Cohen, WM [1 ]
Nelson, RR
Walsh, JP
机构
[1] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Social & Decis Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[2] Columbia Univ, Sch Int & Publ Affairs, New York, NY 10027 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Sociol, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
关键词
R&D; innovation; universities; spillovers; start-ups;
D O I
10.1287/mnsc.48.1.1.14273
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
In this paper, we use data from the Carnegie Mellon Survey on industrial R&D to evaluate for the U.S. manufacturing sector the influence of "public" (i.e., university and government R&D lab) research on industrial R&D, the role that public research plays in industrial R&D, and the pathways through which that effect is exercised. We find that public research is critical to industrial R&D in a small number of industries and importantly affects industrial R&D across much of the manufacturing sector. Contrary to the notion that university research largely generates new ideas for industrial R&D projects, the survey responses demonstrate that public research both suggests new R&D projects and contributes to the completion of existing projects in roughly equal measure overall. The results also indicate that the key channels through which university research impacts industrial R&D include published papers and reports, public conferences and meetings, informal information exchange, and consulting. We also find that, after controlling for industry, the influence of public research on industrial R&D is disproportionately greater for larger firms as well as start-ups.
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