标题：Is There Any Impact of University-Industry Knowledge Transfer on the Performance of Private Enterprises? – An Empirical Analysis Based on Swiss Firm Data
摘要：This study investigates the impacts of a palette of Knowledge and Technology Transfer
(KTT) activities (general information, educational and research activities, activities related
with technical infrastructure, and consulting) (a) on several innovation indicators (a1) in the
framework of an innovation equation with variables of endogenized KTT activities (overall
activities, specific forms of activities) as additional determinants of innovation, and (a2) based
on a matched-pairs analysis for several forms of KTT activities; (b) on labour productivity in
the framework of a production function with endogenized KTT activities as an additional
production factor. The data used in the study were collected by means of a survey of Swiss
enterprises that took place at the beginning of 2005. We found that KTT activities improve
the innovation performance of firms both in terms of R&D intensity and sales of innovative
products. The positive effect of overall KTT activities can be traced back mainly to research
and educational activities. This could be shown by several methods: the innovation equation
approach with endogenized KTT variable as well as three matching methods. Further, KTT
activities seem to exercise a positive influence on labour productivity both through a direct
effect as well as through an indirect effect by raising the elasticity of R&D intensity with
respect to labour productivity.
关键词：: knowledge and technology transfer, innovation activities, R&D activities
