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Do linkages between commercial farmers and academic researchers influence researcher productivity? The Mexican case

2009-10-07 , Rivera, René , Sampedro, José Luis , Dutrénit, Gabriela , Ekboir, Javier Mario , Vera-Cruz, José Alexandre Oliveira

This paper explores the effect of commercial farmers-academic researchers linkages on research productivity in fields related to agriculture. Using original data and econometric analysis, our findings show a positive and significant relationship between commercial linkages and research productivity, when this is defined as publications in ISI journals. This evidence seems contrary to other contributions that argue that strong ties with the business sector reduce research productivity and distort the original purposes of university, i.e., conducting basic research and preparing highly-trained professionals. When research productivity is defined more broadly adding other types of research outputs, the relationship is also positive and significant confirming the argument that close ties between public research institutions and businesses foster the emergence of new ideas that can be translated into innovations with commercial and/or social value.

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Do Linkages Between Farmers and Academic Researchers Influence Research Productivity? Evidence from Mexico

2009-10-02 , Dutrénit, Gabriela , Ekboir, Javier , Rivera, René , Sampedro, José Luis , Torres, Arturo , Vera-Cruz, José Alexandre Oliveira

We explore the effect of linkages between farmers and academic researchers on research productivity in fields related to agriculture. We found a positive and significant relationship between intensive linkages with a few farmers and research productivity, when this is defined as publications in ISI journals. This evidence contradicts other contributions that argue that strong ties with businesses reduce research productivity and distort the original purposes of university. When research productivity is defined more broadly adding other types of research outputs, the relationship is also positive and significant, confirming the argument that close ties between public research institutions and businesses foster the emergence of new ideas that can result in valuable innovations. Another finding is that researchers in public institutions produce several types of research outputs; therefore, measuring research productivity only bypublished ISI papers misses important dimensions of research activities.

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