University-Industry Relationships and Regional Innovation Systems : Analysis of the French Procedure CIFRE
Résumé
This chapter aims at understanding the role of universities at the level of territory, or "region", that is, as a sub-national entity. A considerable amount of the economic literature and a number of policy-oriented papers have been devoted to university-industry relationships and regional innovation systems. However, little has been done on looking at the links between university and the regional industrial fabric. We address this gap drawing on a database of contractual PhD research projects involving private firms and public laboratories.