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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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