University-Industry Relationships and Regional Innovation Systems : Analysis of the French Procedure CIFRE

Jean-Alain Héraud (1) , Rachel Levy (1)

1 BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée

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.

Mots clés: Innovation System; Academic Competency; Innovation Network

Domaines: Economies et finances

Jean-Alain Héraud, Rachel Levy. University-Industry Relationships and Regional Innovation Systems : Analysis of the French Procedure CIFRE. Patrick Llerena; Mireille Matt. Innovation Policy in a Knowledge-Based Economy : Theory and Practice, Springer-Verlag, pp.193-219, 2005, 978-3-540-26452-1. ⟨10.1007/3-540-26452-3_8⟩. ⟨hal-00279440⟩