INVESTIGADORES
ARZA Valeria
artículos
Título:
Firms Linkages with Public Research Organisations in Argentina: Drivers, Perceptions and Behaviours
Autor/es:
ARZA, VALERIA & LÓPEZ, ANDRÉS
Revista:
TECHNOVATION
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 31 p. 384 - 400
ISSN:
0166-4972
Resumen:
This paper analyses firms
drivers for linking to public research organisations (PRO) (first goal) and
compares perceptions and behaviours of linked vs. unlinked firms (second goal).
We used an original firm database constructed from a representative survey with
information for linked and unlinked firms for year 2005 in Argentina. Drivers
were estimated using a Probit model, while differences in perceptions and
behaviours between linked and unlinked firms were assessed with propensity
score matching techniques. For our first goal we found that (i) firms
knowledge bases were not drivers for linking to PRO and (ii) networking
capabilities matter but there is a substitution effect between interacting with
PRO and interacting with other economic agents in the market when firms aim at
exchanging information rather than doing joint research. These findings may
imply that current linkages are not exploiting properly their knowledge
potential; it may be worth designing a division of labour among PRO in their
functions in PROindustry interactions. For our second goal: we found that (i)
linked firms invest more in innovative activities; (ii) they are more prone to
patenting; (iii) both groups of firms value similarly PRO research outputs
available at arm length (i.e. without direct linking). Given the asymmetric
development on appropriability tools between PRO and firms and the fact that
all firms benefit from PRO research outputs, the higher predisposition of
linked firms towards patenting, suggests that special attention should be
placed at analysing the risks of a private appropriation of publicly created
knowledge