Assessing Technology Transfer Productivity from Local Public Technology Centers to SMEs in Regional Innovation Systems

• Project/Area Number: 23730225
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: FUKUGAWA Nobuya 東北大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00433409)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: イノベーション / 公設試験研究機関 / 中小企業 / スピルオーバー / 技術移転 / 大学 / 地域イノベーションシステム / 地域イノベーション政策 / 公設試

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study established panel dataset representing innovative activities of national universities, local public technology centers, and the private sector to evaluate spillover from public knowledge in regional innovation systems. Estimation results revealed that technology transfer activities of local public technology centers had immediate impacts on innovations of the private sector while it took more time for university research to spill over into R&D of the private sector. Estimation results also indicated that local public technology centers did not intermediate regional university-industry collaborations while liaison offices at national universities promoted knowledge interactions between universities and firms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Knowledge creation and knowledge diffusion by local public technology centers in regional and sectoral innovation systems: Insights from patent data (2014)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of GWO Conference on Entrepreneurship Volume: 5 Pages: 18-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] University spillover before the national innovation system reform in Japan: Localization, mechanisms, and intermediaries (2014)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting Volume: 10 Pages: 10-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] University Spillovers into Small Technology-Based Firms: Channel, Mechanism, and Geography (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Technology Transfer Volume: 38 Pages: 415-431
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Strategic Fit Between Regional Innovation Policy and Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of Local Public Technology Centers in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Journal Title: Long Term Economic Development: Demand, Finance, Organization, Policy and Innovation in a Schumpeterian Perspective Volume: 1 Pages: 295-311
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] University spillovers into small technology-based firms : Channel, mechanism, and geography (2012)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Technology Transfer Volume: (in press掲載確定) Issue: 4 Pages: 415-431
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9247-x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Impacts of intangible assets on the initial public offering of biotechnology startups (2012)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Journal Title: Economics Letters Volume: (in press掲載確定) Issue: 1 Pages: 83-85
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.01.012
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Impacts and Channels of University Spillovers before the National Innovation System Reform in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems Volume: 1 Issue: 4 Pages: 383-393
  • DOI: 10.1504/ijtis.2011.044907
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Knowledge creation and knowledge diffusion by local public technology centers in regional and sectoral innovation systems: Insights from patent data (2014)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: George Washington University October Conference on Entrepreneurship (GWO)
  • Place of Presentation: Washington D.C. (US)
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-16 – 2014-10-18
• [Presentation] University spillover before the national innovation system reform in Japan: Localization, mechanisms, and intermediaries (2014)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA) Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei (Taiwan)
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-20 – 2014-06-21
• [Presentation] University spillover before the national innovation system reform in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei, Taiwan
• [Presentation] Which factors do affect success of business incubators? (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: SMS (Strategic Management Society)
  • Place of Presentation: Atlanta, US
• [Presentation] University spillovers in Japan: channels, geography, and policy (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy
  • Place of Presentation: Atlanta, US
• [Presentation] University spillovers in Japan: channels, geography, and policy (2013)
  • Author(s): Fukugawa, N.
  • Organizer: DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industry Dynamics)
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona, Spain
• [Presentation] Which factors do affect success of business incubators? (2013)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: International Conference on Innovation and Information Management
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore, Singapore
• [Presentation] Impacts and channels of university spillover in Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: International Schumpeter Society
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
• [Presentation] Assessing Industrial Policy to Promote SME Cooperatives: Motivations, Activities, and Impacts (2012)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: International Council for Small Business
  • Place of Presentation: Wellington, New Zealand
• [Presentation] Impacts and Channels of University Spillover in Japan: Analysis in the Period before the National Innovation System Reform (2012)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: EROPA (Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration Conference)
  • Place of Presentation: Bangkok, Thailand
• [Presentation] Determinants and Impacts of Small Firm Networks: Evidence from Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: NBES (National Business & Economics Society)
  • Place of Presentation: Maui, USA
• [Presentation] The Impacts of Intangible Assets on Initial Public Offering of Biotechnology Startups (2012)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology)
  • Place of Presentation: Hsinchu, Taiwan
• [Presentation] Assessing Regional Innovation Policy on Local Public Technology Centers in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: EUNIP (European Network on Industrial Policy) International Workshop on Evaluating Innovation Policy: Methods and Applications
  • Place of Presentation: Florence, Italy
• [Presentation] The Impacts of Intangible Assets on Initial Public Offering of Biotechnology Startups (2011)
  • Author(s): Nobuya Fukugawa
  • Organizer: ABMC (Asian Business and Management Conference)
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka, Japan
• [Remarks] 研究室HP
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• [Remarks] Nobuya Fukugawa
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