Policy and Management Issues in Company Links With Academic and Government Laboratories: A Cross-Technology Study

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how industry links with public sector research can be optimized for innovation.
• Conducted a cross-technology study analyzing industry-public sector collaboration.
• Evaluated the significance of formal vs. informal channels for knowledge transfer.
• Identified the role of public sector research in developing human capital and generating new knowledge.
• Policies targeting public sector research can effectively align with industry strategic needs.
• Informal interactions and literature review outperform formal collaboration in knowledge transfer.
• Public sector research primarily contributes trained scientists and new knowledge rather than commercializable inventions.

Abstract