Innovation, spillovers, and university-industry collaboration: An extended knowledge production function approach

Roderik Ponds (), Frank Oort and Koen Frenken

No 903, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of knowledge spillovers from academic research on regional innovation. Spillovers are localized to the extent that the underlying mechanisms are geographically bounded. However, university-industry collaboration - as one of the carriers of knowledge spillovers - is not limited to the regional scale. Consequently, we expect spillovers to take place over longer distances. The effect of university-industry collaboration networks on knowledge spillovers is modelled using an extended knowledge production function framework applied to regions in the Netherlands. We find that the impact of academic research on regional innovation is mediated not only by geographical proximity but also by social networks stemming from collaboration networks.

Keywords: knowledge production function; knowledge spillovers; university-industry collaboration; innovation; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 O18 O31 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2009-02, Revised 2009-02
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