A study of science-industry collaborative patterns in a large European University

Pascale Roux (1, 2) , Rachel Levy (1) , Sandrine Wolff (1)

1 BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
2 GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée

The modalities according to which a large European university collaborates with firms by exploring its relational portfolio. We address this issue by exploiting a database listing more than 1000 firms having collaborated with the University Louis Pasteur between 1990 and 2002. First, using multi-correspondence analysis, we derive a four-classes typology of collaborative behaviours, each of them presenting a strong internal coherence. We obtain four distinct collaboration patterms, for which the frequency of interactions and the exclusive vs. open character of the relationships are discriminating features. Second, using a multinomial logit estimation, we show how this diversity is connected to some individual attributes of the firms : size, legal status, industrial sector and geographic distance from the public partner.

Domaines: Economies et finances

Pascale Roux, Rachel Levy, Sandrine Wolff. A study of science-industry collaborative patterns in a large European University. DRUID Summer Conference, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics, Jun 2006, Frederiksberg, Denmark. ⟨hal-00390755⟩