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

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

Free Research Field

応用経済学