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

Bruhn, Miriam ; McKenzie, David

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: reseach and development;    R&D;    innovation;    science-industry collaboration;    regression discontinuity design;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7934
RP-ID  :  WPS7934

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper uses a regressiondiscontinuity design to study the effect of Poland'sIn-Tech program on innovation activities. The analysisfocuses on a component of the program that provides grantsto projects that are carried out by consortia of firms andresearch entities. Data from a 2016 follow-up survey ofapplicants to the 2012 and 2013 calls for proposals showthat In-Tech largely funds projects that would not otherwiseget funded by other agencies or by the consortia themselves,increasing the probability of a project being completed byalmost 60 percentage points. The results also show that theprogram leads to more science-industry collaboration, andincreases the probability of applying for a patent relatedto the proposed project, as well as the probability ofpublishing a research paper related to the project. Theanalysis also finds early effects on commercialization ofproducts related to the proposed project, although theseproducts currently still make up a small share offirm's sales.