Delay and secrecy: : does industry sponsorship jeopardize disclosure of academic research?

• Autores: Dirk Czarnitzki, Christoph Grimpe, Andrew A. Toole
• Localización: Industrial and Corporate Change, ISSN-e 1464-3650, Vol. 24, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 251-279
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The viability of modern open science norms and practices depend on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. Aggregate data from the OECD show a broad shift in the institutional financing structure that supports academic research from public to private sponsorship. This article examines the relationship between industry sponsorship and restrictions on disclosure using individual-level data on German academic researchers. Accounting for self-selection into extramural sponsorship, our evidence strongly supports the perspective that industry sponsorship jeopardizes public disclosure of academic research.