Industry funding and university professors’ research performance

Gulbrandsen, Magnus; Smeby, Jens‐Christian

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2005.05.004

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“…Based on the literature on KT in non-SSH fields, future work on SSH KT should investigate several variables not considered explicitly in this study, for example, research funding sources (Gulbrandsen and Smeby, 2005;Landry et al, 2007Landry et al, , 2010, motivations for collaboration (D'Este and Perkmann, 2011;Lam, 2011) and the perceived barriers to academic collaboration with socio-economic agents (Tartari et al, 2012). Tables Table 1 Definitions of KT activities.…”

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Knowledge transfer activities in social sciences and humanities: Explaining the interactions of research groups with non-academic agents

2014

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The aim of this research is to achieve a better understanding of the processes underlying knowledge transfer (KT) in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). The paper addresses: first, the extent of SSH research groups' engagement in KT and the formal KT activities used to interact with non-academic communities; and second, how the characteristics of research groups may influence engagement in various types of KT. The empirical analysis is at research group level using data derived from a questionnaire of SSH research groups conducted by the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). We find that KT activities are based on relational rather than commercial activities. The most frequent relational activities in which SSH research groups engage are consultancy and contract research, with personnel mobility a marginal activity. We find also that the characteristics of research groups (e.g. size and multidisciplinarity) and individuals (e.g. status and research impact) are associated with involvement in KT activities and that a deliberate focus on the societal impacts and relevance of the research conducted is strongly related to active engagement of research groups in all the modes of KT considered in this study. From a managerial perspective, our findings suggest that measures promoting a focus on the societal impact of research could enhance research groups' engagement in KT activities.

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Knowledge transfer activities in social sciences and humanities: Explaining the interactions of research groups with non-academic agents

2014

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“…Gulbrandsen and Smeby (2005) found that Norwegian researchers with industry funding performed less basic research than researchers with no such external funds.…”

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Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry

2008

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“…For example, concentration of resources in research may actually weaken the strategic ability of a given university (Geuna and Martin 2003;Geiger 2004)-for example, in developing external links. The sources of research funding may here be of importance as industry funding is quite positively related to applied research, external collaboration and networks (Gulbrandsen and Smeby 2005). General incentives linked to research activities may actually be negatively related to innovation and technology transfer (Marksman et al 2004).…”

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The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications

2010

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While it is common to claim that university reforms are based on universal and standardised ideas about 'modernising' the university, few studies have examined in a more coherent way how the combined external pressure for change with respect to the areas of education, research and innovation has affected the university. In this paper it is argued that one can identify three different sets of logics concerning the current external reform agenda, and that these logics together create new challenges as to how knowledge is created, diffused and governed by the university. In the conclusion, it is discussed whether the current pressure for reform might change the university as we know it, or whether new institutional translations might emerge from the process renewing the university while maintaining its identity.

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Industry funding and university professors’ research performance

Cited by 606 publications

References 31 publications

Knowledge transfer activities in social sciences and humanities: Explaining the interactions of research groups with non-academic agents

Knowledge transfer activities in social sciences and humanities: Explaining the interactions of research groups with non-academic agents

Engaging the scholar: Three types of academic consulting and their impact on universities and industry

The knowledge triangle, European higher education policy logics and policy implications

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