Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland

Innovation policy aims to foster collaborations between science and industry in many countries, but there is little evidence for the effectiveness of such efforts in developing countries. We use regression discontinuity to measure the impact of funding from Poland’s In-Tech program on innovation act...

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Main Authors:	Bruhn, Miriam, McKenzie, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&D INNOVATION SCIENCE-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION INNOVATION POLICY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35427

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spelling	okr-10986-354272021-04-23T14:02:21Z Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland Bruhn, Miriam McKenzie, David RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&D INNOVATION SCIENCE-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION INNOVATION POLICY Innovation policy aims to foster collaborations between science and industry in many countries, but there is little evidence for the effectiveness of such efforts in developing countries. We use regression discontinuity to measure the impact of funding from Poland’s In-Tech program on innovation activities carried out by consortia of firms and research entities. A detailed follow-up survey of applicants enables us to measure a wider variety of outcomes than typically used in the literature. We find that the grants increase the probability of a project being completed by almost 60 percentage points, lead to more science-industry collaboration, and increase the probability of domestic patents and publications related to the proposed project. We also find early effects on commercialization of products related to the proposed project. 2021-04-12T19:19:10Z 2021-04-12T19:19:10Z 2019-10 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35427 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Europe and Central Asia Poland
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topic	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&D INNOVATION SCIENCE-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION INNOVATION POLICY
spellingShingle	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&D INNOVATION SCIENCE-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION INNOVATION POLICY Bruhn, Miriam McKenzie, David Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
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description	Innovation policy aims to foster collaborations between science and industry in many countries, but there is little evidence for the effectiveness of such efforts in developing countries. We use regression discontinuity to measure the impact of funding from Poland’s In-Tech program on innovation activities carried out by consortia of firms and research entities. A detailed follow-up survey of applicants enables us to measure a wider variety of outcomes than typically used in the literature. We find that the grants increase the probability of a project being completed by almost 60 percentage points, lead to more science-industry collaboration, and increase the probability of domestic patents and publications related to the proposed project. We also find early effects on commercialization of products related to the proposed project.
format	Journal Article
author	Bruhn, Miriam McKenzie, David
author_facet	Bruhn, Miriam McKenzie, David
author_sort	Bruhn, Miriam
title	Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
title_short	Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
title_full	Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
title_fullStr	Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
title_full_unstemmed	Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland
title_sort	can grants to consortia spur innovation and science-industry collaboration? regression-discontinuity evidence from poland
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2021
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35427
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Can Grants to Consortia Spur Innovation and Science-Industry Collaboration? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Poland

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