Strategic Research Partnerships and Economic Performance: Data Considerations
Donald Siegel
| Author(s) | Type of SRP | Nature of Institutions Involved in SRP/Unit of Observation | Data Sets | Methodology | Proxies for Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagedoorn and Schakenraad (1994) | Strategic Technology Alliances | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)- Cooperative Agreements & Technology Indicators (CATI) Database | Structural Equation Modelling (LISREL) | Patents |
| Sakakibara (1997a) | Japanese Research Consortia | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Quantitative and Qualitative Data on Government-Sponsored R&D Consortia at the Project and Firm-Levels | Regression Analysis | Qualitative Measures of Project-Related Firm R&D Expenditure |
| Sakakibara (1997b) | Japanese Research Consortia | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Quantitative and Qualitative Data on Government-Sponsored R&D Consortia at the Project and Firm-Levels | Regression Analysis | Contribution of R&D Consortia to the Establishment of Competitive Position |
| Branstetter and Sakakibara (1998) | Japanese Research Consortia | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Quantitative and Qualitative Data on Government-Sponsored R&D Consortia at the Project and Firm-Levels | Regression Analysis | R&D Expenditure, Patents |
| Cockburn and Henderson (1998) | Collaborative Relationships Involving Public and Privately-Financed Scientists | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Co-authorship of Scientific Papers (from Science Citation Index) Involving Industry and University Scientists in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Author's Calculations of "Important" Patents, Compustat | Regression Analysis | R&D Expenditure, "Important" Patents |
| Zucker, Darby, and Brewer (1998) | Relationships Involving "Star" Scientists and U.S. Biotech Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Authorship of Scientific Papers Reporting Genetic-Sequence Discoveries, Data on Biotech Firms from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (1992) & Bioscan (1993) | Regression Analysis | Birth of Biotechnology Enterprises |
| Zucker and Darby (2001) | Relationships Involving "Star" Scientists and Japanese Biotech Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Data on Biotechnology Firms from the Biotechnology Guide Japan 1990-1991 and the Nikkei Biotechnology Directory | Regression Analysis | Patents,Number of Products Developed, Number of Products on the Market |
| Lerner and Merges (1998) | Strategic Technology Alliances in the Biotechnology Industry | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Database of Alliances in the Biotechnology Industry Compiled By Recombinant Capital | Regression Analysis | No Analysis of Performance-Authors Examine Allocation Of "Control Rights" |
| Baum, Calabrese, and Silverman (2000) | Strategic Technology Alliances in the Canadian Biotechnology Industry | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Canadian Biotechnology Database, which Includes Information on Alliance Formation, Products, Growth, and Performance of Biotech Start-ups | Regression Analysis | Revenues, R&D Employees, R&D Expenditure, and Patents |
| Anand and Khanna (2000) | Research Joint Ventures and Licensing Contracts | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Strategic Alliance Database of the Securities Data Company (SDC), CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Ahuja (2000) | Strategic Technology Alliances in the Chemical Industry | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Dow Jones News Retrieval, Predicast's Funk and Scott (F&S) Index, Chemical Week, Plastics Technology | Regression Analysis | Focus of Paper is Not on Performance |
| Stuart (2000) | Strategic Technology Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Dataquest, Predicast's Funk and Scott (F&S) Index, Lexis-Nexis, Electronic News, Infotrak, Electronic Buyer's News, Electronic Engineering Times, Electronic, Electronic Business | Regression Analysis | Sales Growth, Patents |
| Chan, Kensinger, Keown, and Martin (1997) | Strategic Technology Alliances | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Wall Street Journal Index, Dow Jones News Retrieval, CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Reuer and Koza (2000) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Predicast's Funk and Scott (F&S) Index, Lexis-Nexis, and CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Merchant and Schendel (2000) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Dow Jones News Retrieval, CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Madhavan and Prescott (1995) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Wall Street Journal Index, Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine, and CSRP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Koh and Venkatraman (1991) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Wall Street Journal Index, Mergers and Acquisitions Magazine, and CSRP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Reuer (2000a) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Predicast's Funk and Scott (F&S) Index, Lexis-Nexis, and CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Reuer (2000b) | Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Predicast's Funk and Scott (F&S) Index, Lexis-Nexis, and CRSP | Event Study | Short-term Movements in Stock Prices |
| Link and Bauer (1989) | Research Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Co-operative Research (CORE) Database, Authors' Survey of R&D Intensive Firms , Compustat | Regression Analysis | Market Share, "Rate of Return" on Company-Funded R&D |
| Vonortas (2000) | Research Joint Ventures | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | National Co-Operative Research Act (NCRA)-RJV Database (which contains Compustat and CorpTech data) | Descriptive Analysis | No Analysis of Performance-Author Examines Patterns of Firm Collaboration |
| Scott (1996) | Environmental Research Joint Ventures | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Co-operative Research (CORE)Database, Author's Survey of R&D Managers | Regression Analysis | Self-Reported and Statistical Measures of the Effects of Cooperation on R&D |
| Link, Teece, and Finan (1996) | Research Joint Ventures-SEMATECH | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Interviews, Case Studies | Qualitative Analysis | Self-Reported Measures of Success |
| Link (1998) | Government-Sponsored R&D Projects-ATP (including RJVs) | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Interviews, Case Study | QualitativeAnalysis | Effects on Research Productivity |
| Vonortas (1999) | Government-Sponsored R&D Projects-ATP(including RJVs) | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Interviews, Case Studies | QualitativeAnalysis | Effects on Research Productivity |
| Link and Scott (1998) | Government-Sponsored R&D Projects-(including some ATP-supported RJVs) | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Interviews, Case Studies | QualitativeAnalysis | Commercialization Results, Spillover Effects, Effects on Competitiveness |
| Irwin and Klenow (1996) | Research Joint Ventures-SEMATECH | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Compustat | Regression Analysis | Ratio of (Private)R&D to Sales |
| Lerner (1999) | Government-Funded R&D Projects-SBIR | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | GAO Surveys of SBIR firms,Corporate Technology Directory,Compustat | Regression Analysis | Growth in Employment and Sales, Ability of Firms to Attract Venture Capital Funding |
| Griliches and Regev (1998) | Government-Funded R&D Projects Conducted by Israeli Manufacturing Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Panel Dataset of Israeli Manufacturing Firms (Linking Production and R&D Data) | Regression Analysis | R&D Expenditure, Total Factor Productivity |
| Klette and Moen (1998) | Government-Funded R&D Projects Conducted by Norwegian Manufacturing Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Firm-Level R&D Survey of Norwegian Manufacturing Firms | Regression Analysis | Private R&D Expenditure, Ratio of (Private)R&D to Sales |
| Klette and Moen (1999) | Government-Funded R&D Projects in Information Technology Conducted by Norwegian Manufacturing Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Firm-Level R&D Survey of Norwegian Manufacturing Firms | Regression Analysis | Private R&D Expenditure, Ratio of (Private)R&D to Sales |
| Wallsten (2000) | Government-Funded R&D Projects-SBIR | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Federal Research in Progress (FedRIP) File, SBA's Listing of SBIR Awardees, Compustat, Dun and Bradstreet | Regression Analysis | R&D Expenditure |
| Gompers and Lerner (1999) | Firms Financed by Venture Capital Firms (Including Venture Funds Sponsored by Corporations) | Private-Private Partnership/Firm | Venture Economics, Securities Data Company, VentureOne, Venture Intelligence, Million Dollar Directory, Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private-Public Companies, Directory of Leading Private Companies. LEXIS, CRSP Recombinant Capital, Corporate Technology Directory | Regression Analysis, Event Study | Limited Analysis of Financial Performance of Venture Capital Funds |
| Hall, Link, and Scott (2000) | ATP Research Joint Ventures Involving Universities | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | ATP Data, Authors' Survey of Program Participants | Regression Analysis | None Except Termination, Qualitative Measures of How Universities and Firms Interact |
| Siegel, Waldman, and Link (1999) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Patents, Licenses, Startups, and Sponsored Research | Public-Private Partnership/University | Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Survey, NSF, and U.S. Census Data, Interviews | Regression Analysis and Qualitative Research | Total Factor Productivity of Universities |
| Thursby, Jensen, and Thursby (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Patents, Licenses, Startups, and Sponsored Research | Public-Private Partnership/University | Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Survey, Authors' Survey | Regression Analysis and Qualitative Research | Total Factor Productivity of Universities |
| Mowery, Nelson, Sampat, and Ziedonis (2000) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Patents and Licenses | Public-Private Partnership/University | Longitudinal Data from Technology Transfer Offices at Columbia, Stanford, and the University of California System | Regression Analysis | Patents, Licensing Activity |
| Mowery and Ziedonis (2000) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Patents and Licenses | Public-Private Partnership/University | Longitudinal Data from Technology Transfer Offices at Columbia, Stanford, and the University of California System | Regression Analysis | Patents, Licensing Activity |
| Shane and Khurana (1999) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Startups | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Longitudinal Data from MIT Technology Transfer Office on all Patents, Licenses, and Startups | Regression Analysis | Formation of Start-ups |
| Franklin, Wright, and Lockett (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Startups | Public-Private Partnership/University | Authors' Qualitative Survey of U.K. Technology Transfer Offices | Correlational Analysis and Qualitative Research | Self-Reported Measures of Success and Attitudes Towards Academic Entrepreneurship |
| Meseri and Maital (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Startups | Public-Private Partnership/University | Authors' Qualitative Survey of Israeli Technology Transfer Offices | Regression Analysis and Qualitative Research | Self-Reported Measures of Success |
| Adams, Chiang, and Starkey (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Industry-University Research Centers, Engineering Research Centers, NSF Science and Technology Centers, and Industrial Laboratories | Public-Private Partnership/Industrial Laboratory | Survey of Industrial Laboratory Technologies, Survey of IUCRCs | Regression Analysis | Hiring of Engineering and Science Graduates, Co-authoring with Academics, Using Faculty Members as Consultants, Patents, R&D Expenditure |
| Gray, Lindblad, and Rudolph (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Industry-University Research Centers | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Firm | Regression Analysis | Member Retention in IUCRC |
| Santoro and Gopalakrishnan (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer: Engineering Research Centers, and Industry-University Research Centers | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Authors' Survey Of Firms Who Belong to a Publicly-Funded Research Center | Regression Analysis and Qualitative Research | Self-Reported Measures of Technology Transfer Activity Involving Research Center |
| Caloghirou, Tsakanikas, and Vonortas (2001) | University-Industry Technology Transfer-Research Joint Ventures Involving Universities-European Frameworks Programme | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | STEP to RJV Database (consisting of EU-RJV file and RJV-Survey (Longer Questionnaire with Numerous Qualitative Variables)) | Regression Analysis | Self-Reported Measures of Various Aspects of R&D Performance (e.g., Ability to Achieve Synergies in Research and Proxies for Absorptive Capacity) |
| Adams, Chiang, and Jensen (2000) | Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) Involving Federal Laboratories and Firms | Public-Private Partnership/Industrial Laboratory | Survey of Government Laboratory R&D, Survey of Industrial Laboratory Technologies, Compustat | Regression Analysis | Patents, R&D Expenditure |
| Jaffe, Fogarty, and Banks (1998) | Federal Laboratory (Electro-Physics Branch (EPB) of the NASA-Lewis Research Center) | Public-Private Partnership/Firm Use of Technologies Developed at Federal Laboratory | EPB's Patents and Citations to Those Patents by Firms | Qualitative Analysis | Citations of Patents, Proxies for Absorptive Capacity |
| Westhead, Siegel, and Wright (2000) | Science Parks (U.K.) | Public-Private Partnership/Firm | Longitudinal Dataset Containing Information on the Characteristics and Performance of Firms Located On and Off Science Parks in the United Kingdom | Regression Analysis | Patents, Copyrights, New Products/Services to Existing Customer Base, New Products/Services in New Markets, Total Factor Productivity of Research Efforts |
