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Industry–University Collaboration by Canadian Manufacturing Firms*

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We analyze the collaboration between manufacturing firms and universities in Canada. The data comes from the Statistics Canada Survey of Innovation, 1999. After a survey of the literature we present a statistical description of collaborating firms, their reasons for collaboration and the impact of collaboration on their performance. The econometric analysis estimates the probability that a firm collaborates with universities. The results suggest that collaboration with universities is frequent in knowledge based industries. Research undertaken in partnerships complements, rather than replaces, R&D by collaborating firms. Collaboration improves the performance of innovating firms.

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  1. Département d’économique, Facultéd’administration, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre interuniversitaire de la recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), Sherbrooke, QC, JIK2R1, Canada

    Petr Hanel

  2. Department of Economics, Brown University, Waterman Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

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Hanel, P., St-Pierre, M. Industry–University Collaboration by Canadian Manufacturing Firms*. J Technol Transfer 31, 485–499 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-006-0009-5

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