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Localization, regionalization and globalization of university‐business research co‐operation in the United Kingdom

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  • Robert Tijssen
  • Wouter van de Klippe
  • Alfredo Yegros

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This empirical study analyzes university‐business co‐operation (UBC) from a distance‐based perspective. Focusing on the UK's 48 largest research universities, we collected data from author affiliate addresses in 2008–2017 university‐business research publications (UBRPs). The spatial proximity between university and its business partners listed in these co‐authored research publications concerns three main distance zones: “local” (0–99 km); “regional” (100–499 km); “global” (500 km or more). The annual UBRP trends reveal a tendency towards UBC globalization. Several universities show signs of UBC glocalization, where the numbers of their global UBRPs have increased more rapidly than local UBRPs. Four common factors largely determine the UBRP quantities, irrespective of the zone: business sector R&D‐intensity in the university's local geographical area; university's research size; university's high‐end international citation impact; presence of university researchers with work experience in the business sector. Este estudio empírico analiza la cooperación universidad‐empresa (CUE) desde la perspectiva de la distancia. El estudio se centra en las 48 universidades más importantes del Reino Unido en cuanto a investigación, y recopila datos de las direcciones de los autores afiliados en las publicaciones de investigación en colaboraciones universidad‐empresa (PIUE) entre 2008 y 2017. La proximidad espacial entre la universidad y sus socios de colaboración de las empresas que figuran en estas publicaciones de investigación se enmarca en tres tipos de distancia principalmente: “local” (0–99 km); “regional” (100–499 km); “mundial” (500 km o más). Las tendencias anuales de las PIUE revelan una tendencia a la globalización de la CUE. Varias universidades muestran signos de “glocalización” de la CUE, para las que el número de sus PIUE mundiales ha aumentado más rápidamente que el de las PIUE locales. Cuatro factores comunes determinan en gran medida el número de PIUE, independientemente de la distancia: la intensidad de la I+D del sector empresarial en la zona geográfica local de la universidad; el tamaño de la investigación que realiza la universidad; el impacto de las citas internacionales de alto nivel de la universidad; y la presencia de investigadores universitarios con experiencia laboral en el sector empresarial. 本稿の実証的研究では産学連携(university‐business cooperation:UBC)を、距離をベースとした観点から分析する。英国における48の大規模な研究大学に焦点を当て、2008~2017年の産学連携研究出版物(university‐business research publications:UBRP)の著者所属施設の連絡先からデータを収集した。これらの共著論文に記載されている大学とビジネスパートナーとの空間的近接性は、「local(0~99km)」「regional(100~499km)」、「global(500km以上)」という、主に3つの距離に分類される。UBRPの年間の動向から、UBCのグローバル化的傾向が明らかにされている。いくつかの大学はUBCのグローバル化の兆候を示しており、globalに分類されるUBRPの数はlocalのUBRPよりも急速に増加している。この分類に関係なく、UBRPの数を決定する共通する4つの大きな要因がある。すなわち、大学の立地する地域における企業の研究開発部門の集中度、大学の研究の規模、国際的に高い大学のインパクトファクター、産業セクターでの実務経験を有する大学研究者の存在である。

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  • Robert Tijssen & Wouter van de Klippe & Alfredo Yegros, 2020. "Localization, regionalization and globalization of university‐business research co‐operation in the United Kingdom," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(5), pages 1215-1236, October.
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    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12531
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