Human Capital and University-Industry Linkages' Role in Fostering Firm Innovation: An Empirical Study of Chile and Colombia

Marotta, Daniela; Michael, Mark; Blom, Andreas; Thorn, Kristian

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4443

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“…This estimate maximizes the probability that a sample value has actually been observed. The log-likelihood function for probit is: [39].…”

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Conventional Dairy Farmers Converting to Organic Dairy Production in Turkey

Çukur¹

2015

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems, and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity, and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.The four principles of organic agriculture are: • Sustaining and enhancing the health of the soil, plants, animals, humans, and the planet as one and indivisible. • It should be based on living ecological systems and cycles, and work with them, emulate them and help sustain them.• Building on relationships that ensure fairness with regard to the common environment and life opportunities.Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 24, No. 4 (2015), 1543-1551 Original Research Conventional Dairy Farmers Converting to Organic Dairy Production in TurkeyTayfun Cukur* AbstractOrganic agriculture is a form of agricultural production in which chemical input is not used and where each step from production to consumption is controlled and certified. Organic agriculture is focused on realizing agricultural activities without polluting soil, air, and water sources. In addition, organic agriculture is an environment-friendly production form that protects plants, animals, and human health. Therefore, adopting and applying organic agriculture methods is increasingly being considered by farmers. There are three primary aims of this study: to determine whether or not dairy farmers are aware of organic agriculture, to determine farmers' tendency toward organic production, and to determine the effective factors on farmers' tendencies to produce organic milk. In the study, probit analysis was used with the purpose of determining the factors on farmers' tendencies to produce organic milk in the future. According to the conducted probit analysis results, a positive relationship exists between considering enlarging the farm, applying innovations, being informed about organic agriculture, and farmers' tendencies to produce organic milk in the future. On the other hand, a negative relationship was found between the distance of the farm to the Milas district center, educational level of the farmers, and farmers' tendencies to produce organic milk in the future. It was determined that an important part of the participating farmers had information about organic agriculture. However, the main reason for farmers to tend not to produce organic milk in the future is not having sufficient information about organic agriculture. Therefore, courses and seminars should be held to increase the knowledge level of farmers in the district about organic stockbreeding. In addition, education and extension activities aimed at organic milk production should be organized. Thus farmers with insufficient information about organic agriculture and those with no information about organic agriculture would be informed about this subject.

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“…This estimate maximizes the probability that a sample value has actually been observed. The log-likelihood function for probit is: [39].…”

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confidence: 99%

Conventional Dairy Farmers Converting to Organic Dairy Production in Turkey

Çukur¹

2015

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…University-industry collaboration can also expand the relevance of research carried out in public institutions, foster the commercialization of public R&D outcomes, and increase the mobility of labor between public and private sectors. The benefits of university-industry collaboration are also evident in developing countries, including Malaysia (Marotta, Blom and Thorn, 2007) University and industry collaboration takes multiple forms. (Lind, Styhre & Aaboen, 2013) laid down four types of university and industry collaboration.First form is where the industry provides research funding for the university and takes no part in decision making of the research direction.…”

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Exploring the possibility of co-operation between higher education and industries in Malaysia

Sathappan¹

2018

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This case study attempts to explore the posibility of co-operation between Higher Education and Industries in Malaysia. It highlights on the need, importance and the problems faced by both the entities in co-operation and collaboration. Qualitative approach was used in this study. The interviews are semi-structured and are used to generate data from university deans, collage principals, company managers and chief executive officers (CEO). The issues of suitability and reliability as well as the process of sampling, administration and analysis of the instrument of data collection are discussed. In the course of the analysis and discussion, it compares the respective contribution made by the Universities and the Industries in the field of Research and Development (R&D). Moreover, it provides suggestions to improve linkages for joint-ventures and concludes that the Universities and Industries must play complementary roles for mutual benefits in terms of knowledge dissemination and innovation. It also presents the views of the different researchers on the subject and considers the merits of the various types of co-operation suggested for the universities to keep pace with the global trend in upgrading their courses in Science and Technology.

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“…In a similar line, Suzigan and Albuquerque (2011) argue for the importance of university research for the development of the aircraft, steel and agricultural industry in Brazil. Evidence from quantitative studies show that manufacturing firms that collaborate with local universities increase their investments on R&D, are more likely to innovate and to apply for patents, and reach higher levels of labor productivity (Crespi 2012;Marotta et al 2007). …”

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“…Indeed, Crespi (2012) summarizes main results of impact evaluations conducted in LA finding that public policies that promote collaboration between universities and industry increase the level of investments in innovation and labor productivity in firms. Marotta et al (2007) show that both in Chile and Colombia firms that collaborate with universities are more likely to introduce product innovations and to apply for patents. Despite these positive findings, the magnitude of STI policies is still too modest to pull LA countries towards knowledge-based economies.…”

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Scientific systems in Latin America: performance, networks, and collaborations with industry

Confraria

Vargas

2017

J Technol Transf

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In this paper, we use a combination of bibliometric, social network and econometric approaches to increase our knowledge of how research institutions interact with the private sector in Latin America (LA). We first study recent trends in scientific output and specialization. On average, LA countries have been reducing the gap with the world leading regions. They have also tended to specialize in fields related to economic activities based on natural resources, such as Agricultural and Plant and Animal Sciences. However, collaborations with the private sector remain scarce. In this paper, we have built scientific networks composed by what we define as Research Departments (RD). These RDs belong to universities, research institutes and government agencies. We model the intensity of collaboration of a RD with industry as a function of its size, previous performance, and its position in the LA and national scientific networks. Our results show that the RDs which higher diversity of research partners in their national scientific network work more intensively with industry. Additionally, collaborations with industry are influenced by previous interactions with the private sector.

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Human Capital and University-Industry Linkages' Role in Fostering Firm Innovation: An Empirical Study of Chile and Colombia

Cited by 29 publications

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Conventional Dairy Farmers Converting to Organic Dairy Production in Turkey

Conventional Dairy Farmers Converting to Organic Dairy Production in Turkey

Exploring the possibility of co-operation between higher education and industries in Malaysia

Scientific systems in Latin America: performance, networks, and collaborations with industry

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