摘要：This study explores the factors determining the propensity of Swiss science institutions at the
level of a single institute or department to interact with private enterprises in Switzerland
(universities and other research institution), i.e. to get involved in knowledge and technology
transfer (KTT) activities in order to provide firms with scientific knowledge in research fields
which are relevant for their own innovation activities, collect practical experience for students
and university staff as well as test the applicability of new research results. We are especially
interested in the different forms of this interaction, not only through joint research projects but
also through training, mobility of academic personnel, jointly supervised master theses and
PhDs, consulting and so on. Moreover, we also study the determinants of commercialization
of university research output that takes the form of patenting, licensing or spin-offs. The data
used in this study were collected in the course of a survey among institutes of all three types
of science institutions in Switzerland (federal institutions, cantonalal universities and regional
universities of applied sciences) using a questionnaire.
