Research grants, sources of ideas and the effects on academic research.

Autor/inn/en	Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia
Titel	Research grants, sources of ideas and the effects on academic research.
Quelle	Mannheim: ZEW (2012), 32 S., 308,65 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / ZEW. 12-048
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Technologietransfer; Patent; Sponsoring; Forschungsfinanzierung; Hochschulforschung; Subventionierung; Arbeitspapier; Deutschland
Abstract	Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey evidence showing that research grants impact research content. Research units that receive funds from industry are more likely to source ideas from the private sector. The higher the share of industry funding on the units' total budget, the more likely that large firms influenced the research agenda. Public research grants, on the other hand, are associated with a higher importance of conferences and scientific sources. What is more, the different sources of ideas impact scientific output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more successful than others in terms of the impact of their inventions on future patents. If, on the other hand, research units source ideas from large firms we find them to publish less and with lower impact on future scientific work.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2013/1