Do Firms Publish? A Multi-Sectoral Analysis

Camerani, Roberto; Rotolo, Daniele; Grassano, Nicola

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“…Despite this ambiguity in the overall numbers, it is clearer that the share of firm publications among the whole body of scientific output is decreasing. Camerani et al (2018) find that the number of publications by top R&D spenders grew less quickly than the number of publications in other institutions. Larivière et al (2018) document that the proportion of worldwide industry-authored papers more than halved between 1980 and 2014.…”

Section: Trends In the Publication Activities Of Firmsmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…The literature on firm publishing reveals five broad, and to some extent interrelated, motivations (Camerani et al 2018). First, firms publish in order to stay involved with the scientific community.…”

Section: Why Do Firms Publish?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence is mixed on the question whether firm publishing is increasing or decreasing. Camerani et al (2018) show that the number of publications by the 2,500 most R&D active firms worldwide grew by 2.3% per year between 2011 and 2015. Studies of firm publications in Canada (Archambault and Larivière 2011), Japan (Sun et al 2007), and Taiwan (Chang 2014) also document that their number is increasing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Amid these trends, the manner in which firms are publishing is also changing. Firms are less inclined to publish by themselves or in collaboration with other firms, and publish more in collaboration with scientific institutes (Camerani et al 2018;Hartmann and Henkel 2020;Hicks et al 1996;Larivière et al 2018;Sun et al 2007;Tijssen 2004). These shifts match positive trends in industry-science collaborations in general (Calvert and Patel 2003;Tijssen 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Arora et al (2018) find that large US firms grew less likely to publish since the 1980s, and conclude that large firms are withdrawing from basic research. At the same time, other studies, which use alternative methodologies and examine other countries (Archambault and Larivière 2011;Chang 2014;Sun et al 2007) or samples of firms (Camerani et al 2018;Simeth and Raffo 2013;Simeth and Cincera 2016), show a rise in firms' publication activities. Thus, there seems considerable ambiguity in current trends, which requires deeper analysis.…”

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Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany

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Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our results do not confirm a declining trend in raw numbers with numbers indicating that firms' aggregate volume of scientific publications stayed constant between 2008 and 2016. However, the number of publishing firms declined, in particular in hightech and knowledge-intensive industries. Beyond that, we observe positive trends in publishing in basic research journals compared to journals focused on applied research, and publishing in collaboration with academic partners compared to publishing alone. Thus, our results paint an ambiguous picture. While they do not confirm a decrease in firms' basic research engagement in the aggregate, the figures document a concentration of publishing activities on fewer firms. We argue that this concentration of basic research activities in firms may pose a threat to the longer term innovativeness of the German economy.

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Labor mobility from R&D-intensive multinational companies: implications for knowledge and technology transfer

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Private sector R&D is largely concentrated in a few multinational companies (MNCs). The mobility of labor between these MNCs and the rest of the economy is therefore an important mechanism for the diffusion of knowledge and technology, but these flows are not without friction. This paper analyses in great detail the flow of labor between firms with specific emphasis on flows to and from R&D intensive MNCs. Using linked employer-employee data for Denmark, we match employees moving from R&D intensive MNCs to other employees switching jobs. We find that employees are more inclined to move between R&D intensive MNCs and their subsidiaries rather than between these firms and other firms in the economy. This is particularly true for high skill employees. Our results suggest that other domestic firms are to a larger extent kept out of the 'knowledge spillover' loop, which provide them with fewer opportunities to learn from the R&D intensive MNCs. In other words, R&D intensive MNCs and their subsidiaries form a kind of sub-labor market within the national labor market; employees exhibit higher mobility within this group of firms than between this group and the rest of the labor market.

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Are firms withdrawing from basic research? An analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany

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Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our results indicate that the firms’ aggregate volume of scientific publications stayed constant between 2008 and 2016. However, the number and share of publishing firms declined, and publication activities became more concentrated among publishing firms. Beyond that, we observe positive trends in publishing in basic research journals compared to journals focused on applied research, and publishing in collaboration with academic partners compared to publishing alone. Thus, our results paint an ambiguous picture. While they do not confirm a decrease in firms’ basic research engagement in the aggregate, the figures document a concentration of publishing activities on fewer firms. We argue that this concentration of basic research activities in firms may pose a threat to the longer-term innovativeness of the German economy.

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Do Firms Publish? A Multi-Sectoral Analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 112 publications

Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany

Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany

Labor mobility from R&D-intensive multinational companies: implications for knowledge and technology transfer

Are firms withdrawing from basic research? An analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany

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