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Mulligan, Kevin, Lenihan, Helena, Doran, Justin and Roper, Stephen (2022) Harnessing the science base : results from a national programme using publicly-funded research centres to reshape firms’ R&D. Research Policy, 51 (4). 104468. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2021.104468
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104468
Abstract
Since 2000 and the launch of Science Foundation Ireland, Irish policymakers have been involved in a large-scale national science policy programme. Starting from a position with little pre-existing research infrastructure beyond its traditional higher education system, Ireland allocated significant public resources to rapidly develop an extensive research centres programme. These centres are designed to harness knowledge embedded in the national science base to impact firm-level Research and Development (R&D). Each research centre focuses on basic and applied research (as opposed to development), targeted at prioritised sectors of the economy. Using a novel panel dataset (2007–2017), our analysis provides the first evaluation of these research centres. Results indicate that research centre collaborations increase firm-level R&D, and, over time, re-orientate collaborating firms' R&D towards more applied research. We also consider how impacts vary depending on the firms’ characteristics (size and sector), and research centre characteristics. Our findings demonstrate that Ireland's policy programme improved firms' R&D profile, and suggest key policy lessons for other economies who might consider adopting a similar strategy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce L Education > LB Theory and practice of education T Technology > T Technology (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Research institutes, Research and development projects, Industrial policy -- Research, Business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- Research | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Research Policy | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0048-7333 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 51 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 104468 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104468 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
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