Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of Poland's In-Tech program on innovation activities. The analysis focuses on a component of the program that provides grants to projects that are carried out by consortia o...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/669721483975271823/Can-grants-to-consortia-spur-innovation-and-science-industry-collaboration-regression-discontinuity-evidence-from-Poland http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25943 |
| Summary: | This paper uses a regression
discontinuity design to study the effect of Poland's
In-Tech program on innovation activities. The analysis
focuses on a component of the program that provides grants
to projects that are carried out by consortia of firms and
research entities. Data from a 2016 follow-up survey of
applicants to the 2012 and 2013 calls for proposals show
that In-Tech largely funds projects that would not otherwise
get funded by other agencies or by the consortia themselves,
increasing the probability of a project being completed by
almost 60 percentage points. The results also show that the
program leads to more science-industry collaboration, and
increases the probability of applying for a patent related
to the proposed project, as well as the probability of
publishing a research paper related to the project. The
analysis also finds early effects on commercialization of
products related to the proposed project, although these
products currently still make up a small share of
firm's sales. |
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