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The relationship between research funding and academic consulting: an empirical investigation in the Spanish context

The relationship between research funding and academic consulting: an empirical investigation in the Spanish context
The relationship between research funding and academic consulting: an empirical investigation in the Spanish context
This paper investigates the relationship between sources of funding for research activity and the engagement of scientists in a specific type of knowledge transfer, that is, academic consulting. We rely on a sample of 2603 individual scientists from five Spanish universities, who have been awarded public funding or have been principal investigators in activities contracted by external agents, over the period 1999–2004. We find that externally contracted research is positively related to the amount of monetary income from consulting contracts, but that international competitive funding has a negative effect. Our results show that this negative effect is positively moderated by the size of contract funding: the effect of international competitive funding becomes positive for moderate and high levels of contract funding. By investigating the relationship between academic consulting and different types of research funding, our paper sheds light on the conditions that favor academic consulting.
academic consulting, technology policy, knowledge and technology transfer
0040-1625
1535-1545
D'Este, Pablo
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Rentocchini, Francesco
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Grimaldi, Rosa
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Manjarres-Henriquez, Liney
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D'Este, Pablo
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Rentocchini, Francesco
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Grimaldi, Rosa
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Manjarres-Henriquez, Liney
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D'Este, Pablo, Rentocchini, Francesco, Grimaldi, Rosa and Manjarres-Henriquez, Liney (2013) The relationship between research funding and academic consulting: an empirical investigation in the Spanish context. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80 (8), 1535-1545. (doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.018).

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This paper investigates the relationship between sources of funding for research activity and the engagement of scientists in a specific type of knowledge transfer, that is, academic consulting. We rely on a sample of 2603 individual scientists from five Spanish universities, who have been awarded public funding or have been principal investigators in activities contracted by external agents, over the period 1999–2004. We find that externally contracted research is positively related to the amount of monetary income from consulting contracts, but that international competitive funding has a negative effect. Our results show that this negative effect is positively moderated by the size of contract funding: the effect of international competitive funding becomes positive for moderate and high levels of contract funding. By investigating the relationship between academic consulting and different types of research funding, our paper sheds light on the conditions that favor academic consulting.

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Published date: October 2013
Keywords: academic consulting, technology policy, knowledge and technology transfer
Organisations: Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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Local EPrints ID: 357291
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357291
ISSN: 0040-1625
PURE UUID: 1869e5a6-b9b1-43c6-a85b-d18a002dffd4

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Date deposited: 07 Oct 2013 12:22
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 14:57

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Author: Pablo D'Este
Author: Rosa Grimaldi
Author: Liney Manjarres-Henriquez

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