This work investigates the factors that affect the propensity of Ph. D. students to create their
own firms. The paper uses data from the responses to 9062 questionnaires, administered in …

The dynamics of basic and applied research at university and industry have steadily
changed since the Eighties, with the private sector reducing its investments in science and …

Academic research has evolved tremendously over the last century. The middle of the
twentieth century saw the development of research and the strengthening of trust both within …

There has been a resurgence between two closely related discussions concerning modern
science funding policy. The first revolves around the coherence and usefulness of the …

Universities have been called upon to work more closely with the industry and actively take
part in economic development. Research funding has been used as an instrument to direct …

With the rise of an innovation agenda in science policy, previous studies have identified a
shift in how the state delegates responsibility to funding agencies in order to change the …

We review and condense the body of literature on the economic returns of public R&D on
private R&D and find that:(i) private returns to R&D appear to be large and larger than the …

Previous papers have approached direct and indirect self-citations at a firm-level
considering that firms that internalize more self-knowledge are also those with a more …

While sociologists have made significant theoretical contributions to the antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) debate, little attention has been given to the antimicrobial products …

This paper provides insights into the apparent seesaw between the generation of theoretical
and empirical economics research over time. A dynamic model considers the incentives of …