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标题：Looking at both sides: how specific characteristics of academic research groups and firms affect the geographical distance of university–industry linkages
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作者：Renato Garcia ; Veneziano Araujo ; Suelene Mascarini 等
期刊名称：Regional Studies, Regional Science
印刷版ISSN：2168-1376
电子版ISSN：2168-1376
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：518-534
DOI：10.1080/21681376.2015.1099464
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：This paper examines factors that affect the geographical distance of university–industry linkages by analysing specific characteristics of both sides of the collaboration – firms and universities. Previous studies have provided important evidence related to this issue; however, they have used data from either firms or universities. Therefore, this paper contributes to existing research on this issue by using information on both collaboration partners. For this purpose, data from the Directory of Research Groups in Brazil are used to estimate an empirical model. The main results indicate that firms with higher absorptive capacity and larger firms tend to collaborate with research groups that are more geographically distant. Further, on the university side, high-performance and larger research groups tend to attract firms that are more geographically distant as collaboration partners. Long-distance collaborations therefore usually occur when firms require high absorptive capacity and when they cannot find high-quality local universities.
关键词：geography of innovation ; university–industry linkages ; absorptive capacity ; academic research quality ; policy