University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growth.

Autor/inn/en	Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian
Institution	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Titel	University research alliances, absorptive capacity, and the contribution of startups to employment growth. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Universitäre Forschungskooperationen, Aufnahmefähigkeit und der Beitrag von Startups zum Beschäftigungswachstum.
Quelle	Mannheim (2014), 26 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	ZEW discussion paper. 2014-094
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Technologietransfer; Beschäftigungseffekt; Public Private Partnership; Unternehmensgründung; Wirtschaft; Universität; Wissenschaft; Forschungsumsetzung; Forschungsverbund; Hochschulabsolvent
Abstract	This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily for other university connections. We also estimate the aggregate employment contribution from startup firms and attribute those employment gains to university research alliances and other university connections. We find significant contributions to employment growth from university research alliances and other university connections, but scientific absorptive capacity is critical for university research alliances. Only 7% of the startup population maintained a university research alliance, but among these firms, 3.4% of their total jobs created were attributable to their alliances. These results suggest university connections are quite important for job growth and university research alliances contributed substantially to job creation for those firms that had such alliances. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/2