Mobility of public researchers, scientific knowledge transfer, and the firm's innovation process

• Autores: Liliana Herrera, María Felisa Muñoz Doyague, Mariano Nieto Antolín
• Localización: Documentos de trabajo " Nuevas tendencias en dirección de empresas ", Nº. 8, 2009, págs. 1-32
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The present study provides evidence on the mobility effects of researchers from the public R&D system with regard to firm´s innovation process. This issue is particularly novel and important as these researchers contribute to the production and transfer of knowledge previously developed and accumulated in the public R&D system. The findings confirm that scientific knowledge which public researchers provide has a positive influence on both inputs and outputs of the firms' innovation process. The fact that firms have access to additional knowledge which is complementary to that they already hold represents a spur for exploiting and applying this new knowledge. The firms in this study continually increased their in-house R&D investments. As a result of these investments firms create new knowledge of a unique and valuable type. The study draws two important conclusions geared to providing a greater efficiency in human resource management and to improve the design of technology policies.