Technology co-invention versus technology transfer

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Table of contents

Chapter 1. University procurement of scientific equipment and corporate innovation: a literature review
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Some historical roots
1.3 Demand-side studies and innovative public procurement
1.4 Nature and varieties of scientific knowledge
1.5 Conclusion
Chapter 2. Demand-pull innovation in science: empirical evidence from a research university’s suppliers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Conceptual framework
2.3 Data and measurement
2.3.1 The context
2.3.2 Data sources
2.3.2.1 University expenditures data
2.3.2.2 CIS and FARE datasets
2.3.2.3 The final dataset
2.3.3 Measures
2.3.3.1 Dependent variable
2.3.3.2 Other variables
2.3.3.3 Descriptive statistics
2.4 Econometric approach
2.4.1 Regression analysis
2.4.2 Sources of selection bias
2.4.3 Propensity score matching
2.5 Results
2.5.1 Regression analysis
2.5.2 Propensity score matching
2.6 Conclusions, policy implications and future extensions
Chapter 3. Alternative approaches for the analysis of universities’ impact on suppliers’ performance
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sensitivity analysis
3.2.1 Controlling for University-Industry R&D collaborations
3.2.2 Applying a parsimonious selection equation
3.2.3 Restricting the treatment to scientific instruments
3.2.4 Restricting the treatment to regional suppliers
3.2.5 Applying different numbers of neighbours (NN) and matching algorithms
3.3 Sensitivity analysis results
3.4 CIS data limitations and suppliers’ patent analysis
3.4.1 The two methods of collecting data on industrial innovation before innovation surveys
3.4.2 A brief note on the history and origins of the CIS
3.4.3 CIS data harmonization across countries and waves
3.4.4 CIS data access
3.4.5 Cross-section data
3.5 Using alternative data sets
3.6 Empirical methodology and results from using patent data
3.7 Conclusions
Chapter 4. Opening the black box of university-suppliers’ co-invention: some field-study evidence
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Some theoretical landmarks
4.2.1 Formal and informal mechanisms of communication
4.2.2 Researcher-Supplier interactions as focal point in public procurement procedures
4.3 Field-study methodology
4.3.1 Case study as a tool of social sciences
4.3.2 Definition of the cases and sampling selection strategy
4.3.3 Data selection
4.3.4 Rival theories
4.4 Brief overview of the three cases
4.5 Presentation of the cases
4.5.1 Case 1. The development of an NMR measurement accessory
4.5.2 Case 2. The development of the Fluorescence Macroscope, the Confocal Scanner and The Correlative Light Electron Microscope 2.0
4.5.3 Case 3. The development of the hybrid device (LG-GC) for protein analysis in their native state
4.6 Putting the threads together: technology co-invention versus technology transfer
4.6.1 Universities as catalysts of suppliers’ technological capabilities
4.6.2 Embeddedness and mutual learning
4.6.3 Researchers-Suppliers’ interactions and public procurement procedures
4.6.4 From conduits of influence to innovation benefits
4.7 Conclusions
Chapter 5. Concluding remarks