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This contribution aims at using an Austrian approach of institutions to discuss specific institutional arrangements in the current working of science-industry relationships. By combining distinctive characteristics between Menger's and Hayek's research programs, we establish a typology of institutions that goes beyond the usual way to approach business institutions and allows us to identify transitory types of institutional arrangements called “innovative institutions”. We apply that Austrian approach of institutions and address its relevance to highlight some puzzling issues derived from empirical evidence. Then, innovative institutions reveal particularly suited to understand how public and private research work together in science-industry relationships.
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Quéré, M., Ravix, JL. The Austrian Theory of Institutions Applied to Science-Industry Relationships: The Relevance of Innovative Institutions. The Review of Austrian Economics 16, 271–284 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024501109450
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