Arbeitspapier

Research grants, sources of ideas and the effects on academic research

Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey evidence showing that research grants impact research content. Research units that receive funds from industry are more likely to source ideas from the private sector. The higher the share of industry funding on the units' total budget, the more likely that large firms influenced the research agenda. Public research grants, on the other hand, are associated with a higher importance of conferences and scientific sources. What is more, the different sources of ideas impact scientific output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more successful than others in terms of the impact of their inventions on future patents. If, on the other hand, research units source ideas from large firms we find them to publish less and with lower impact on future scientific work.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 12-048

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
Technological Change: Government Policy
Thema
University Research
Scientific Productivity
Research Funding
Academic Patents
Technology Transfer
Hochschulforschung
Forschungsfinanzierung
Sponsoring
Forschungssubvention
Patent
Technologietransfer
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hottenrott, Hanna
Lawson, Cornelia
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2012

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-324933
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hottenrott, Hanna
  • Lawson, Cornelia
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2012

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