Patterns of interaction between national and multinational corporations and Brazilian universities/public research institutes

Neto, Fábio Chaves do Couto e Silva; Santos, Ulisses Pereira dos; Castro, Priscila Gomes de; Franco, Luiza Teixeira de Melo; Negri, Fernanda De

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“…According to Yusuf (2007, 17), MNCs have a higher propensity to collaborate with universities than local firms since they "have the information, the finances, the organizational capacity to manage a multifaceted research program, and the commitment to routinized innovation that can induce technology links with universities." However, the few empirical studies that have addressed this question show very mixed results (Britto et al 2013;Chaves do Couto e Silva Neto et al 2013;Ebersberger et al 2011;van Beers, Berghall, and Poot 2008), pointing to a large heterogeneity across host countries, industries and firms. Indeed, it seems logical to expect that the results will differ depending on the host country's technological endowments and as a result of the "cumulativeness" and "path dependency" underlying the strategic orientation of foreign subsidiaries (Benito, Grogaard, and Narula 2003;Cantwell and Mudambi 2005).…”

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“…Although there is a rich body of literature analyzing universityindustry collaboration in innovation, it has been only very recently that some studies have analyzed empirically the interactions between foreign subsidiaries and local universities (e.g. Britto et al 2013; Chaves do Couto e Silva Neto et al 2013;Ebersberger et al 2011). The international business literature has traditionally focused on measuring the spillovers deriving from linkages between foreign subsidiaries and local firms, leaving linkages with universities relatively underexplored (Meyer and Sinani 2009;Nell and Andersson 2012).…”

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Collaboration in Innovation Between Foreign Subsidiaries and Local Universities: Evidence from Spain

Ros

Salazar-Elena

2015

Industry and Innovation

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Collaboration between foreign subsidiaries and universities is relevant for multinational companies (MNCs) that aim at absorbing knowledge from abroad, as well as for universities and policymakers attempting to maximize the spillovers associated with foreign direct investment (FDI). In this paper, we explore how MNCs collaborate with universities in the foreign countries where they locate and provide new empirical evidence for Spain as a host country. Using a probit model with panel data comprising 9,614 firms for the period 2005-2011, we explore differences between the propensity to collaborate with universities of foreign subsidiaries and Spanish firms. Subsequently, building on a new survey to 89 foreign subsidiaries and on a more detailed analysis of five case studies, we discuss the variety of motivations that drive collaboration with universities and relate the scale and scope of such collaborations with the dynamic mandates of foreign subsidiaries in global innovation networks.

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Collaboration in Innovation Between Foreign Subsidiaries and Local Universities: Evidence from Spain

Ros

Salazar-Elena

2015

Industry and Innovation

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“…R&D institutes, notably PRIs, are vital players in knowledge creation and transfer, university‐industry cooperation, and RIS (Fritsch and Schwirten, 1999; Cheah and Ho, 2021). Using various research methods (e.g., case study and empirical study), previous studies explored the role of PRIs in industry innovation, enterprise incubation (Hsu et al, 2005), technology transfer (Knockaert et al, 2011), RIS (Suzuki et al, 2015), and R&D cooperation (Neto et al, 2013; Wong et al, 2015).…”

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Characteristics and factors for the innovation performance of New R&D Institutes at start‐up stages: an exploratory study from China

Jiang

Gao

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R & D Management

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To improve independent innovation ability, China has explored a unique form of R&D organization called the New R&D Institute (NRDI). The spillover effect of NRDIs in the region arouses curiosity about what exactly drives its innovation performance. After clarifying the NRDI concept and its characteristics, this study studies Nanjing, a typical city with the rapid development of NRDIs in China, to empirically explore the impact mechanism of NRDI development in their start‐up period. The study uses panel data from 103 NRDIs spanning 10 quarters from the third quarter of 2018 to the fourth quarter of 2020. Our analysis reveals that R&D investment, government support, research infrastructure, and angel investment have mixed impacts on the revenue, innovation, and enterprise incubation of NRDIs. Specifically, resource inputs such as R&D staff, R&D service platforms, and R&D expenditures boost the revenue growth of NRDIs. In contrast, only a few inputs play an important role in NRDIs’ innovation and enterprise incubation, including service platforms, capital investment from high‐tech parks, and angel funding. The early development of NRDIs has four features. (1) It is driven more by material capital (R&D expenditure) than by human capital (R&D staff). (2) It relies more on government support rather than institution investment. (3) Research infrastructure has specific significant effects on the innovative output of NRDIs. (4) Angel investment is critical to promote technological innovation and business incubation. Most of the input elements have not yet been very effective in the innovation and incubation of NRDIs. Our research offers essential insights for understanding the innovation mechanism in NRDIs and promoting their healthy development.

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“…Despite an explicit intent of policies in the past years to promote RO-industry linkages, the analysis of the effectiveness of policy instruments -mainly related to capacity building, technology development, and innovation -is a more recent endeavor (Albuquerque et al, 2015;Fischer et al, 2017;Garcia, Araujo, Mascarini, Santos, & Costa, 2014;Pacheco, 2019;Silva Neto et al, 2013;Suzigan et al, 2009;Terra, Batista, Campos, & Almeida, 2013).…”

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Effectiveness by Design: Overcoming Orientation and Transaction Related Barriers in Research-Industry Linkages

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Context: dynamic and productive linkages between research organizations (ROs) and industry are actively spurred in advanced nations. Conversely, Latin American countries face significant challenges in fostering research-industry interactions. Solid models of research-industry cooperation are of particular interest to emerging economies such as Brazil. Objective: this article aims at presenting a comprehensive study of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Research and Innovation - Embrapii, an entity focused on addressing barriers to cooperation between research ROs and companies. Methods: data from 63 projects supported by Embrapii involving three ROs and 44 companies was collected employing four sources of primary data: two web questionnaires, interviews and technical visits. The scope of the study is based on Embrapii’s initial phase carried out during 2012-2016. Results: findings revealed that specificities of the model allow the emergence of conditions for effective research-industry cooperation. Conclusion: The Embrapii’s model contributed to overcoming both orientation-related and transaction-related barriers, resulting in positive outcomes. Expected technological results such as new products, processes, and methodologies, were achieved in the majority of projects.

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Patterns of interaction between national and multinational corporations and Brazilian universities/public research institutes

Cited by 18 publications

References 19 publications

Collaboration in Innovation Between Foreign Subsidiaries and Local Universities: Evidence from Spain

Collaboration in Innovation Between Foreign Subsidiaries and Local Universities: Evidence from Spain

Characteristics and factors for the innovation performance of New R&D Institutes at start‐up stages: an exploratory study from China

Effectiveness by Design: Overcoming Orientation and Transaction Related Barriers in Research-Industry Linkages

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