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Sources of ideas and knowledge for innovatory small companies: Australian and Eurostat CIS2 innovation survey data analysed by industry sector and enterprise size
John Yencken
Research Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne VIC
Murray Gillin
Emeritus Professor, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne VIC
Abstract
This study explores the use and importance of university and other public sector research by business enterprises reporting product, process and (in some countries) service innovations, from OECD Innovation Surveys, the European Union, Canada and Australia.
The paper tests the Eurostat CIS2 innovation survey conclusion that firms saw public sector research as important according to: whether innovations are world-first; firm size; whether the research could be used by the firm. Analyzing company responses from Eurostat, ABS and Yellow Pages innovation surveys, the paper indicates variations in importance of public sector research by manufacturing sector and firm size.
The study concludes that to be effective, increased public sector research expenditure should be linked to increased private sector R&D expenditure, particularly by SMEs.
Keywords
R&D effectiveness, public sector R&D, private sector R&D, public-private sector linkages, SMEs, mining sector, IT sector, firm size
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