University–industry collaboration and firms’ R&D effort

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1907-1922

  Scandura, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Propensity score matching; R D employment; R D expenditure; University industry collaboration

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

CONTROL GROUPS; ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILS; INDUSTRY COLLABORATION; NATIONAL POLICIES; NATIONAL STATISTICS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84989883099     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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