Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/60479
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 12-048
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
University Research
Scientific Productivity
Research Funding
Academic Patents
Technology Transfer
JEL: 
C23
I23
O31
O34
O38
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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