Benchmarking Industry-Science Relations

Benchmarking Industry-Science Relations

Client/Allowance

European Commission // Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (AUT)

Period: 01.06.2000 – 30.09.2001

The project investigates interactions between science and industry, taking into account the influence of institutional parameters, incentives and barriers, R&D structures in firms and research establishments, public funding and infrastructure. Core to the approach was identifying examples of good practice in industry-science relations. It emerged that benchmarking can only be applied to a limited extent because of the complexity of the phenomena in question. The focus on structures was elaborated via a cross-country comparison (Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the USA, Japan), with a view to determining how to set institutional parameters more efficiently. This is important because the transfer of knowledge and technology is highly dependent on a country’s structural parameters. Structures that aim to build up direct, personal contacts proved the most effective for promoting interaction.

Project members

Christian Rammer

Christian Rammer

Project Coordinator
Deputy

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Client/Allowance
European Commission, Brüssel, BE // Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (AUT), Wien, AT
Cooperation partner
Österreichisches Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf, Geschäftsfeld Technologiepolitik, Seibersdorf, AT // ASTER, Mailand, IT // Enterprise Ireland, Dublin, IE // Innovation Policy Studies, Uppsala, SE // Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH - Institut für Technologie- und Regionalpolitik, Wien, AT // Ministry for Science and Technology, Madrid, ES // Ministry for Trade and Industry, Helsinki, FI // Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM), University of Brighton, Brighton, UK // Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, University of Gent, Gent, BE // Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST), Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, GB