The Effects of Government Academic and Industrial Policy on Cross-University Collaboration

Abstract

This paper examines how collaborating with industry influences the academic scientists collaborations with scientists at other universities (cross-university collaboration). Government policies have actively encouraged academics in different universities to collaborate with one another, but contract requirements stemming from academic-industrial collaborations often influence the ways in which academics can collaborate. The major findings from this chapter show that collaborating with industry appears to be linked to increasing levels of cross-university collaboration.