Industry funding of university research and scientific productivity.

Autor/inn/en	Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne
Titel	Industry funding of university research and scientific productivity.
Quelle	Mannheim: ZEW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (2010), 37 S., 300 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / ZEW. 10-105
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch; deutsche Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Schätzung; Patent; Forschungsfinanzierung; Forschungskooperation; Hochschulforschung; Analyse; Arbeitspapier; Publikation; Deutschland
Abstract	University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private sector firms increasingly seek direct access through funding public R&D. This development, however, spurred concerns about possible negative long-run effects on scientific performance. While previous research has mainly focused on a potential crowding-out of scientific publications through commercialization activities such as patenting or the formation of spin-off companies, we study the effects of direct funding from industry on professors' publication and patenting efforts. Our analysis of a sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry funding of a professor's research budget results in a lower publication outcome both in terms of quantity and quality in subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2011/3