Abstract
SummaryIn this study we provide a set of elements that allows evaluation of a facet of the university’s role in technological development and economic growth. Currently conceived as elements in a system of innovation, universities fulfill three essential functions: first, they lead long-term scientific research that contributes to advancing the technological frontiers of industry; second, they generate applied knowledge to develop industrial production processes; third, they provide the principal inputs of industrial innovation – the human resources that are incorporated in industry, or the researchers working in those institutions that collaborate with the private industrial sector. Our objective in this article is to explore in detail the second of these functions: the magnitude, technological characteristics, regional peculiarities and the explanatory causes of the direct contribution of universities to the development of industrial technology. The results show that the contribution of the university to the development of industrial technology is determined not only by the capabilities of the universities themselves, but also by the presence of a powerful technological environment that constitutes a source of demand for technology.
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