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Journal of Economic Geography Advance Access published online on July 17, 2009
Journal of Economic Geography, doi:10.1093/jeg/lbp036
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Innovation, spillovers and university–industry collaboration: an extended knowledge production function approach

Roderik Ponds*,{dagger},{ddagger}, Frank van Oort*,{dagger} and Koen Frenken*

*Section of Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
{dagger}Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) The Hague, The Netherlands.

{ddagger}Corresponding author: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), P.O. box 30314, 2500 GH The Hague, The Netherlands. email <roderikponds{at}hotmail.com>

JEL classifications: C21, O18, O31, R11

This article analyses the effect of knowledge spillovers from academic research on regional innovation. Spillovers are localized to the extent that the underlying mechanisms are geographically bounded. However, university–industry collaboration—as one of the carriers of knowledge spillovers—is not limited to the regional scale. Consequently, we expect spillovers to take place over longer distances. The effect of university–industry collaboration networks on knowledge spillovers are modelled using an extended knowledge production function framework applied to regions in the Netherlands. We find that the impact of academic research on regional innovation is not only mediated by geographical proximity but also by networks stemming from university–industry collaboration.

Keywords: knowledge production function, knowledge spillovers, university–industry collaboration, research collaboration, innovation, social networks, proximity, science-based industries
Date submitted: 7 March 2008     Date accepted: 25 June 2009


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