Measuring the impact of international R&D cooperation: the case of Spanish firms participating in the EU Framework Programme


Autoria(s): Barajas, Ascensión; Huergo, Elena; Moreno Martín, Lourdes
Data(s)

2012

Resumo

The objective of this paper is to analyse the effects of international R&D cooperation on firms’ economic performance. Our approach, based on a complete data set with information about Spanish participants in research joint ventures supported by the EU Framework Programme during the period 1995-2005, establishes a recursive model structure to capture the relationship between R&D cooperation, knowledge generation and economic results, which are measured by labour productivity. In the analysis we take into account that the participation in this specific type of cooperative projects implies a selection process that includes both the self-selection by participants to join the consortia and the selection of projects by the European Commission to award the public aid. Empirical analysis has confirmed that: (1) R&D co-operation has a positive impact on the technological capacity of firms, captured through intan-gible fixed assets and (2) the technological capacity of firms is positively related to their productivity.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.ucm.es/39060/1/BarajasHuergoMoreno_2009.pdf

Idioma(s)

en

Relação

http://eprints.ucm.es/39060/

10.1007/s10961-011-9222-y

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Economía industrial #Economía internacional
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper

NonPeerReviewed