Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Richard Harris
Author-Name-First: Richard
Author-Name-Last: Harris
Author-Email: richard.harris@glasgow.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Glasgow
Author-Name: Qian Cher  Li
Author-Name-First: Qian Cher 
Author-Name-Last: Li
Author-Email: cher.li@imperial.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Imperial College, London
Author-Name: John Moffat
Author-Name-First: John
Author-Name-Last: Moffat
Author-Email: john.moffat@strath.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Strathclyde
Title: The impact of higher education institution-firm knowledge links on establishment-level productivity in British regions
Abstract: This paper estimates whether sourcing knowledge from and/or cooperating on innovation with higher education institutions impacts on establishment-level TFP and whether this impact differs across domestically-owned and foreign-owned establishments and across the regions of Great Britain. Using propensity score matching, the results show overall a positive and statistically significant impact although there are differences in the strength of this impact across production and non-production industries, across domestically-owned and foreign-owned firms, and across regions. These results highlight the importance of absorptive capacity in determining the extent to which establishments can benefit from linkages with higher education institutions.
Length: 21 pages
Creation-Date: 2010-09
Revision-Date: 
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: http://www.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/departmentsubject/economics/research/researchdiscussionpapers/2010/10-18.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 1018
Classification-JEL: D24, I23
Keywords: Universities; University-Industry knowledge links; Firm-level productivity
Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:1018