Characteristics of university-industry linkages in the Argentinean Industrial Sector

ARZA, VALERIA, LÓPEZ, ANDRÉS

Mexico

Conferencia; GLOBELICS 6th International Conference 2008; 2008

This paper presents the preliminary analysis of firms-PRO interactions as informed by the last Argentinean Innovation Survey. We discuss the main knowledge activities of firms that form linkages with PRO and we compare them with firms that do not establish those linkages. The exploratory research questions that guide the paper are: What type of knowledge activities perform firms that interact with PRO? Are they more or less innovative than those that do not interact? What are the most important PRO‟s research outputs for firms‟ innovative activities? Are they different from the ones informed by firms that do not interact with PRO? What are the main objectives and obstacles for interacting with PRO? Do firms usually pay for interacting with PRO? Are interactions generally successful in terms of their objectives?