External sources of innovation and industry-university interaction:evidence from Spanish firms

Identifier:  PC:2033

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC2033

Authors:  Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria; Segarra Blasco, Agustí

Abstract:
This paper is about the firm innovation process and the cooperation of the innovative firms with other firms and public institutions. A special attention is paid to the cooperation with universities. We use the Technological Innovation Survey (TIS) from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) in order to obtain data for 4,159 innovative firms. Our results show that firm's cooperation activities are closely linked to the characteristics of the industry and the firm as well as to the origin of public funds for R&D activities. Key words: Innovation, universities, Spanish economy. JEL code: O31, I20, L60