Looking at both sides

How Specific Characteristics of Academic Research Groups and Firms Affect the Geographical Distance of University–industry Linkages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7366668
AutoresRenato De Castro Garcia (0000-0001-9739-1658, autor de correspondencia), Veneziano Araújo (0000-0003-0994-8327), Suelene Mascarini (0000-0002-9926-7877), Emerson Gomes Dos Santos (0000-0002-3037-5001), Ariana Ribeiro Costa (0000-0002-1688-0714)
Año2015
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas518-534
Fecha de publicación2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2015.1099464
OpenAlexW2203541411
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas44

This paper examines factors that affect the geographical distance of university–industry linkages by analysing specific characteristics of both sides of the collaboration – firms and universities. Previous studies have provided important evidence related to this issue; however, they have used data from either firms or universities. Therefore, this paper contributes to existing research on this issue by using information on both collaboration partners. For this purpose, data from the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil are used to estimate an empirical model. The main results indicate that firms with higher absorptive capacity and larger firms tend to collaborate with research groups that are more geographically distant. Further, on the university side, high-performance and larger research groups tend to attract firms that are more geographically distant as collaboration partners. Long-distance collaborations therefore usually occur when firms require high absorptive capacity and when they cannot find high-quality local universities

Absorptive capacity · Affect (linguistics · Business · Directory · Economic geography · Economics · Empirical research · Geographical distance · Industrial organization · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · Marketing