Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Scandura, Alessandra      
Author-Email: alessandra.scandura@unito.it
Author-Name: Iammarino, Simona 
Author-Email: s.iammarino@lse.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title:Academic engagement with industry: the role of research quality and experience
Abstract:This work explores the role of university department characteristics on academic engagement with 
industry. In particular, we investigate the role played by research quality and previous experience across 
different scientific disciplines. We test our hypotheses on a dataset of publicly funded university-industry
partnerships in the UK, combined with data from the UK Research Assessment Exercises 2001 and 2008. Our data 
reveal a negative link between academic quality and the level of engagement with industry for departments in 
the basic sciences, and a positive relationship for departments in the applied sciences. Our results further
show that the role of research quality for academic engagement tightly depends on the level of department 
previous experience in university-industry partnerships, notably in the basic sciences, where experience 
acts as a moderating factor. The findings of this work are highly relevant for policy makers and university 
managers, and contribute to the innovation literature focused on the investigation of the determinants of 
valuable knowledge transfer practices in academia.
Length: pages 43
Creation-Date: 2020-10
File-URL: https://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2020dip/wp_20_2020.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:202003